Do you think human societies are characterized more by competition or cooperation?

I think human societies are characterized more by competition because, in terms of surviving, nowadays, there are more living creatures than food, therefore, there are some people who will starve to death if they won't strive hard to have food to eat. The competitiveness of the humanity is not only measured in terms of surviving but also in other social sciences like economics, politics, and others, which could also relate to the needs and wants of each human. 

To solve their problems, mesopotamians used irrigation, a way of supplying water to an area of land. to irrigate their land, they dug out large storafe basins to hold water supplies these ditches brought water to the feilds. to protect their feilds from flooding, farmers built up the banks of the tigris and euphrates.hope ths !