Mesopotamian cities also had major pollution problems. Lack of indoor toilets and ineffective garbage collection led to contaminated water supplies and frequent epidemics such as Typhus. An important observation is that irrigation techniques are also one of the chief reasons for the decline of the empire. read more
Mesopotamia in itself has never really been a civilization, but rather a region. It has been the place where several great civilizations originated, including the Sumerians, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, and several others. read more
Reasons for Decline The Mesopotamian civilization declined because of two main reasons.The first is that the Mesopotamian life style was badly destroyed by war. The different city-states were fighting for control of each others lands and would wage all out conflicts among each other to gain territ read more