What Changed Mesopotamian Culture

Our organization Nature Iraq does really important work to support the Mesopotamian Marshlands. Our work has changed the environment for the better. For thousands of years, the marshlands influenced the culture by living near water this means that they have to build boats to get around. There are lots of fish which they can hunt and use for food. They gather reeds and straw to build homes. The freshwater made a lot of opportunities for them to trade the goods that they produced. Then, in the 1980s, Saddam Hussein changed the geography he made 6 canals which stopped the water from flowing. The result was that was the green, lush, of the wetlands, turned into dry and dusty deserts. Another result was that the population of the marshland dropped from 250,000 to a few thousand. Which changed the culture when he drained the water the fish went with it an effect of this was that they couldn't hunt for fish which means they also couldn't trade the fish and get other things they needed. The drained water also stopped the plants and reeds from growing.
We changed the geography by re-flooding the Mesopotamian. Which made things like birds, fish, and people back to the Mesopotamian. which changed the culture by bringing people back that means that more people will live there so more people will believe in that