How and why did Mesopotamia's civilizations rise and fall?

This meant that Mesopotamia was a very good place for civilisation to rise. As to its collapse, Mesopotamia also suffered from severe flooding, which meant there was a limit to its power (because like their river civilisation they rose and fell, rose and fell). read more

Located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern day Iraq), Sumer was often called the cradle of civilization. By the 4 th millennium BC, it had established an advanced system writing, spectacular arts and architecture, astronomy and mathematics. read more