ancient times V.S. now!

                  You might think back then in the ancient times is easier then now, you’re wrong. In ancient times during 3150 BC the civilization were great due to the fact that they settled in the black land were there soil was rich because of the rainy days were the Nile river would flood  the grounds. There’s another place called the Red land, the worst of all.  The Red land is a red dirt dessert full of rocks and dirt was there’s barley any water. To grow plants and crops at the Red land would be impossible, like its fiscally impossible to grow crops there. The black land got its name because it has the blackest soil in the west because of all the rain and flooding going on in that area! And now you can just go walking down the street and plant a flower anywhere, where's grass,dirt and water. what period of time was easier now or back then?