O<span>verpopulation, growing cities, damming of rivers, and the need for more irrigation.</span>
<span>In Mesopotamia, plant domestication led to population growth; in Mesoamerica, it led to plant extinction. Mesopotamian agriculture depended on seasonal rains, while Mesoamerican agriculture depended on river valleys. The people of Mesopotamia domesticated corn, whereas those in Mesoamerica domesticated rice. Domestication of grains occurred about 5,000 years earlier in Mesopotamia than in Mesoamerica.</span>
The answer is D)The French suffered several defeats.