question about the ancient civilizations plz hhellp?

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does anyone know why places such as ancient mesopotamia/egypt had such fertile soil?
 
The location of egypt and surrounding areas have many nutrients in the soil due to the location. Since the nile river runs north, polar energy attracts water (which is full of nutrients) from the nile river into the surrounding soil (especially in floods because the ground near the river is low to sea level, so it really floods tremendously when a storm brews). Water soaking into the soil makes the soil rich with nutrients.
 
It has to do with climate and humidity I guess

Around that general area there are seasonal rains which are fairly heavy (some even cause floods).

So the water would make the land fertile and rich...

Oh..and as for Egypt, even though the majority of it is desert, the land around the Nile River in particular is very fertile and excellent for farming.
 
Because most ancient civilizations began in river valleys- like Mesopotamia on the Tigris and Euphrates and Egypt on the Nile. Hope this helped.
 
egypt was fertile strictly due to the nile river flooding yearly. when it receded it left silt which is loaded with organic matter and minerals which made the surrounding areas very fertile.
during years of drought starvation was rampant not just in egypt but also in the countries around egypt that they traded with.
 
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