There were four main civilizations that thrived or was affected by agriculture. They were, the Sumerian City-states, Egypt, the Indus River Valley, and the River Dynasties in China. Agriculture was important to each of these civilations and all four had positive and negative consequenses due to agrictulture.
Agriculture developed early in the Sumerian City-States. In southern Mesoptotamia, the Tigris and Euphtares rivers flooded once a year leaving silt. To provide water for their
crops, they dug irrigation ditches and for defense, built city walls with mud bricks. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"These activities required organization, cooperation, and leadership. It took many people working together, for example, for the Sumerians to construct their
large irrigation systems.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Because of this, leaders were needed to plan the projects and supervise the digging. These projects created new laws to settle disputes which created the biginning of organized government.......
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