The ancient Egyptians were more advanced in agriculture.

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Pro: Compared to many other ancient civilizations, food was plentiful in ancient Egypt. When Egypt was ruled by the Romans, it was considered the "breadbasket" of the Roman Empire.

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Pro: Egyptian innovations in astronomy and calendars made it far easier to anticipate the tides of the Nile. This made farming more efficient and more likely to feed everyone.

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Pro: In order to protect their crops, the Egyptians built impressive dams and trenches to deal with the Nile's regular floods. These were far more successful than similar structures in Mesopotamia.

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Con: Mesopotamia had one of the most plentiful systems of farming in the ancient world. Farmers in the region did not manage to grow more crops than the ancient Mesopotamians until the arrival of 20th-century technology.

Which Bronze-Age civilization would be better to live in: Egypt or Mesopotamia?

The ancient Egyptians were more advanced in agriculture.

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Compared to many other ancient civilizations, food was plentiful in ancient Egypt. When Egypt was ruled by the Romans, it was considered the "breadbasket" of the Roman Empire.

Egyptian innovations in astronomy and calendars made it far easier to anticipate the tides of the Nile. This made farming more efficient and more likely to feed everyone.

In order to protect their crops, the Egyptians built impressive dams and trenches to deal with the Nile's regular floods. These were far more successful than similar structures in Mesopotamia.

Mesopotamia had one of the most plentiful systems of farming in the ancient world. Farmers in the region did not manage to grow more crops than the ancient Mesopotamians until the arrival of 20th-century technology.

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The ancient Egyptians were more advanced in agriculture.

Pro claim 1

Compared to many other ancient civilizations, food was plentiful in ancient Egypt. When Egypt was ruled by the Romans, it was considered the "breadbasket" of the Roman Empire.

Pro claim 2

Egyptian innovations in astronomy and calendars made it far easier to anticipate the tides of the Nile. This made farming more efficient and more likely to feed everyone.

Pro claim 3

In order to protect their crops, the Egyptians built impressive dams and trenches to deal with the Nile's regular floods. These were far more successful than similar structures in Mesopotamia.

Con claim 1

Mesopotamia had one of the most plentiful systems of farming in the ancient world. Farmers in the region did not manage to grow more crops than the ancient Mesopotamians until the arrival of 20th-century technology.