Location
What are the land between 2 rivers called?
Mesopotamia
What did Mesopotamians use to make pottery?
clay
What are two things Mesopotamians invented?
The Wheel and cuniform
What kind of clothes did they wear and if so what type of material was it?
Wool,linens,skurts,robes
What were Mesopatamians goals when they first settled in the area?
The Tigris and Euphrates shaped the civilizations which helped them
What country is Mesopotamia located in?
Modern day Iraq
What was Cuniform writing tablets made of?
clay or reeds
How did Mesopotamians expand their civilization?
you don't have to get into details just guess
Trade and military conquest
What was the government/laws like in this civilization?
independent city states each with it's own ruler and laws.
How did people survive with the hot and dry tempatures?
using natural resources, adapting their lifestyles, and employing clever architectural techniques to stay cool and hydrated
Where did the Mesopotamia get there food?
They grew barley and wheat
what was the first civilization to create day and hour?
The Sumerians
What did Mesopotamia mostly trade?
Pottary,Grain,Textiles
What was the climate like?
hot and dry climate in other words Semi-arid
How did they make modifications to adapt to the enviroment?
By building farming tools and a amazing writing system and other things like pottery to help them
When did Mesopotamia start/become a civilization?
3100 Bc-539 Bc
What is a area that Mesopotamains relied on
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What were some things Mesopotamian imported? if you had to guess
Lumber,Gold,Ivory,Pearls,Silver
How did floods help mesopotamians?
fertile soil and more
How did the people use the environment to help out with living life styles? list 2-3 examples
1. Used the rivers for food source
2. wheat and other materials for clothing and more
3. nature for building there homes and more
What happened to the Mesopotamia
Cyrus the Great captured Babylon and incorporated Mesopotamia into the Persian empire
what did mesopotamians use for farming and agriculture?
Irragration,Plows, and crops like barley and wheet
What are some food Mesopotamians planted?
Barley,wheet,fruit,other grains,vegatables
Was the fertile a good thing or a bad thing, explain?
Yes
How did they balance out the good and bad enviroment with the mass flood and the fertile soil
By waiting on what times they would farm and using the fertile soil as an advantage