What benefits did the river provide for ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia?

Answer 1

Mesopotamia's rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) are key to their civilization. Because of the rivers Sumerians (Mesopotamia's people) could trade and travel through them. Not to mention just plain drinking water. Another benefit of the rivers was irrigation. Hammurabi (a Mesopotamian king) had helped find a way to control the floods to benefit farming.

Answer 2

Because the rivers would help there plants grow when there was a drought and would give them water to drink and clean them selves so it would make everything easier for all the Sumerians ,Akkidans, witch is why everyone wanted Mesopotamia as their own land.

Answer 3

it provided water for drinking and an easy route for transportation. the river also helped with merchant trading because people could just go down the river to the next town

Answer 4

They were important means of trade, cultural exchange and transport.