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Why did people originally start together on the mesoptamian plains

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Answer: As the water spread over the floodplain, the soil it carried settled on land. The fine soil deposited by rivers called silt. Silt is fertile and good for growing crops. Because of this, Mesopotamia is also known as "The fertile Crescenttt.

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