Which of the following is true about the way the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded?
a. they flooded rarely
b. they flooded on regular ten-year cycles
c. they flooded annually and to predictable levels
d. they flooded so often the land was uninhabitable
e. they flooded annually but unpredictably
Ans: e
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