In Mesopotamia, what innovation helped farmers become more efficient and productive by 5000 B.C.E.?
a. new irrigation systems
b. seeding techniques that allowed land to mature at different times
c. plows pulled by oxen
d. the use of slaves as a free labor resource
c
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