Question

Name the two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent. How were the rivers both positive and negative to societies of the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 1

ANSWER:

The two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent are Euphrates River and the Tigris River.

EXPLANATION:

• These rivers had both positive and negative effect to the societies of Fertile Crescent.

• The positive effect is that the river made the farmland fertile and made the farmland favorable for farming where different crops can be cultivated.

• It was also one of the home for the earliest human civilization. These rivers flourished the civilization of earliest human.

Answer 2

Answer:

The two rivers that run through the Fertile Crescent are the Euphrates and the Tigris. The rivers are the reason that the region is referred to as “fertile”. A fertile region is an area that produces healthy, sustaining vegetation. The negative aspect of the rivers was that flooding was common. Flooding could wipe out an entire years crop.

               

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