[csomar]

North Africa / Fertile Crescent are not as fertile as say the Nile or the deep European forests. There are also much less rivers in these civilizations. My guess is that this was a measure of population control as the natural death rate was not high enough for the region. Since there was no birth-control method, the only method left is to kill the kid.

It's a good idea to disguise this as "child sacrifice" as in the "GOD" asked you to do this. Kind of make you at ease with the decision and execution since you'd not do it on your own.

But hey, that's just my guess and am a random dude on the Internet.

[gamblor956]

North Africa / Fertile Crescent are not as fertile as say the Nile or the deep European forests

North Africa and the Fertile Crescent are great examples of climate change.

They're deserts now but they were lush fertile lands several thousand years ago. The Nile floodplain was also substantially larger and more fertile than it is today.