Question

How did the Sumerians increase food production? Select the two correct answers

Answer 1

Answer:
C. They irrigated dry land to expand their farmlands.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Sumerians were the earliest civilization known that was located in Mesopotamia. To increase food production the Sumerians had to create a system to irrigate the soil so they did not need to depend on natural rain for their water supply. To do so, the Sumerians excavated canals along the water courses and dug smaller feeder channels.

Answer 2

The "Sumerians" were the inhabitants when there was intensive agriculture and irrigation. They cultivated mainly wheat, barley and raised cattle and sheep on a grand scale. But by the 5000BC these people had developed good techniques of agriculture and could now carry out large scale cultivation, mono-cropping, even organised irrigation. Their agriculture depended heavily on irrigation. Irrigation was facilitated with the help of "shadufs, canals, channels, and reservoirs". Eventually they grew barley, chickpeas, lentils, dates, onions, garlic, leeks, and mustard.