Thanks to the fact that Mesopotamia was between two major rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, it was possible for agriculture to become highly developed there because the soil was extremely fertile, which led to the rise of the civilizations there.
I believe you are refering to the Caravan raids which were done by people of the islamic faith.
In total there were 11 total raids
the purpose of these raids was to plunder these people of all there riches
they were believed to have been told by Allah(the higher power of the Islamic faith) to go forth and plunder these people of there riches
Nikola Tesla was an inventor in the old days and he was also an engineer too.
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to create a government responsive to the people