The Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia were erratic. The rivers would flood or drought unpredictably and even shift their courses. Also, the Tigris had high banks which meant water irrigated from it would have to be drawn upward from the banks.
The Nile on the other hand followed a consistent annual inundation that brought water and fertile silt deposits right onto the crop fields. Egyptian farmers simply had to wait for the flood to recede some and plant their crops; the water and nutrient soil was already provided by the River.
The Statue of Liberty
President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty, as a gift from France and a sign of mutual friendship. The 151-foot-tall Statue cost $250,000, paid for by the French.
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The answers are B and C.
Explanation:
Egyptians main food source came came crops along the Nile, whenever the Nile would drought or overflow those crops would be unable to grow, therefore causing hunger.
After the Punic wars and Carthage fell, its nearby rival Utica was made the capitol of the region and the leading center of Punic trade and leadership. Roman Empire was forced to rebuilt Carthage for the harbor was useless because of the accumulated silt from the grain cultivation in the Tunisian mountains that eroded the river. The fall of Carthage opened up a trading sea route as it is in the outlet of the Majardah river,Tunisia's only river which flowed all year long.
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