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Ten thousand years before humans developed agriculture or built the first cities in Mesopotamia, Ancient Native Americans ...

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Number of population facing acute food insecurity falls However, dry weather conditions negatively affected crop emergence and early development in rain-fed areas, known as barani, which account ...

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The seasonal character of agriculture made credit necessary to bridge the gap ... and also slaves captured from the mountains surrounding Mesopotamia. (A typical word for slave was “mountain girl.”) ...

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Crops flourished on either side of the river ... texts could provide even more insight into agricultural management in Mesopotamia,” the team concluded.