Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilizations were all
a. based on fertile floodplains and river valleys.
b. made possible by large agricultural surpluses.
c. derived from an earlier, as yet undiscovered, "watershed" civilization.
d. based on beer brewing and female labor.
e. wiped out by a huge drought.
ANSWER:
a
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