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"Throughout the year, the population in Mesopotamia began to grow. People no longer had to move with the seasons in search of food, so they could build permanent homes and structures." -Slides From Social Studies

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"Its geography is defined by the Fertile Crescent created by these two major rivers, which provide the essential water and soil nutrients necessary for early agriculture. This environment allowed for the world's earliest complex societies."- The Map of Mesopotamia

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This shows how the agriculture of the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) helped all of them thrive with food and not go hungry. Without the support of a stable food supply the people of Mesopotamia couldn't have settled in one place with enough time to build a city. Humans need food to live and without it you can't build a city.

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This evidence suggests that food supply is the most important characteristic because they could stay in one location and build their community/city in the Fertile Crescent. Humans needed food to survive and always had to switch with seasons but when they found fertile land, it gave the opportunity to start a civilization.

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"Although some people may suggest that a food supply is not the most important characteristic to civilization due to how there are people in our nation who don't have access to food and we are functioning. I can prove this wrong." - Essay and Background Knowledge

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This evidence to support this claim is incorrect because we are missing these important people who are struggling in our country and these people are struggling without having a stable food supply. One may state that Religion is the most important due to the fact they believed gods controlled the weather, luck, etc. I can prove this wrong by stating that even when the Gods were not on their side of crops staying healthy they could still survive. Also, now in the present tense we have evidence that their weather patterns so even if they didn't please the gods the weather would have shifted.

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Food supply had the most influence on the Sumerian/Mesopotamian society. It allowed them to stay in one place and not switch with the seasons. After the Sumerain people had the ability to stay in one place, they had the opportunity to create and build a society.