What did engineers need to develop before the floodplain in Mesopotamia could become a breadbasket?
A) Horse-drawn copper plows
B) Levees and canals
C) Sturdy defensive walls
D) Monumental architecture such as temples

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Engineers needed to develop levees and canals to control the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and to irrigate the farmland in the floodplain of Mesopotamia.

What Did Engineers Need to Develop Before the Floodplain in Mesopotamia