"Salt and Silt in Ancient Mesopotamian Agriculture", an Article by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1958

Printed in English, this archival item documents a scientific article titled “Salt and Silt in Ancient Mesopotamian Agriculture – Progressive changes is soil salinity and sedimentation contributed to the breakup of past civilizations” found in the “Science” periodical magazine issued by the American Association for the Advancement of Science - volume 128 on 21 November 1958, in this article, each of the Danish Historian and Sumerian Scientist “Thorkild Jacobsen” and American Philosopher “Robert M.Adams” give an answer to how did the political patterns conducted within Mesopotamia reflected on the nature of the agricultural regime leading to a keynote problem mainly represented by the soil salinity especially in southern parts of the Summer Civilization; causing a slow collapse in the urban scene and centralism of power in places over the account of other.