Intro & Section 1
people in Mesopotamia
people in Mesopotamia
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The land between the rivers.
In the Neolithic times some people started to ____?
Farm
What is one challenge that faced that farmers faced when they moved to Sumer?
Uncontrolled water supply.
What materials did Sumerians use to built strong walls that prevents other city-states to attack them?
mud bricks that were baked in the sun until hard.
What did the Sumerians built for their cities?
walls and dug moats around their cities
Why was it hard to live in Mesopotamia?
There was little rain and farmers needed water.
Most of the year the plains were...
hard and dry
After building the levees how did they let the water flow to the crops?
They made holes in the levees and right onto the crops.
What did canals get clogged with?
Silt
living in small farming villages to ...
Big city-states with large walls.
When did cities first appear in the southern region?
3500 B.C.E
In the foothills people didn't have enough land to farm because there was a big __________.
Population
Why was the flood bad for the crops?
Cause they would wash away the young seeds that farmers planted.
Why did they have to all work together?
For common good
The complex irrigation system crossed what boundaries?
Village boundaries
What are the two rivers that Mesopotamia is between
Tigris river and Euphrates river
People that live in Sumer are called?
Sumerians
Why was the seasonal change bad for farmers.
Because there was too much water or too little water
Why were some cities fighting?
Because some of the cities used to hog water and not let water go to other cities.
Independent city-states fought with other cities to...
Defend themselves
There weren't that many _______ in the plains
materials
Why did people go to the plains?
They went because they needed water and they neeed more farm land.
Why did the Tigris and Euphrates river flood during the spring?
The snow melted and flowed into the rivers.
The system needed...
Constant care and repair.
Food shortage forced them to...
move to the Sumer