Geography of Region
The environment of Sumer
Low, flat, with little rain
Why did ancient Sumerians build levees?
to prevent floods
What natural resources did Sumerians use to build their strong walls?
Bricks made of mud
This is how the people in the foothills of Zargos Mountains decided to solve the food shortage problem.
They moved to the south
The mountains East of the Persian Gulf
Zargos Mountains
These were built so Sumerians could store water for later use.
Dams and Reservoirs
What did Sumerians dig and fill with water to protect against attacks?
Moats
Why was farming difficult in the area of Sumer?
Lack of rainfall
The body of water the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into.
Persian Gulf
Why did the villages of Sumer depend on each other?
They cooperated to keep the water systems working
Ancient Sumerians built these with mudbricks to prevent attacks from neighboring city-states.
Walls
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
This could cause big problems when it clogged the irrigation canals
silt
Since Each Sumerian community had its own ruler and farmland they came to be called ______________ by historians
City-States
Plenty of this made the foothills of Zargos mountains a great place to farm.
rainfall
What caused rivers to flood in the spring?
Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began
What did the increase of population in the Zargos foothills lead to?
Food shortages