Which settlement pattern resulted in lowland Mesopotamia due to concentrated crop production?

💡 Explanation

Crop production depended strongly on ziggurat managed irrigation. Silt deposition caused by repeated flooding resulted in increased soil fertility, driving wealth consolidation therefore favoring socially stratified settlement patterns, rather than egalitarian distribution because control of agriculture provided massive power.

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