Maintaining irrigation systems
what did irrigation provide for farmers
water/food
as city's grew what did they fight over
water usage
in current day where is Mesopotamia
Iraq
in neolithic times the first people that farmed Mesopotamia lived
in the Zagros mountains
in Sumer the water supply was
they had to much or to little
Irrigation systems needed constant repair what was it mainly clogged with
silt
waled city's where like independent countries in Sumner historians call them what
city states
where was the land Mesopotamian
in southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates
what was one of the disadvantages of living with a bigger population in the foot hills
food shortages
what was the way to success to farming in Sumer
controlling the water supply
how did irrigation systems change the lives of Sumerians lives
farmers had to spend more time repairing the irrigation systems
the plains provided no what
natural barriers
what made Mesopotamia a difficult environment to live in
the sun was very hot and there was little rain
what made people want move out of the foothills and into the planes
they needed food
how did the Sumerians control the water supply
the built reservoirs and dams and levees and dug canals
Villages came to work together to maintain what
Irrigation systems
Around the city's Sumerians built what t protect them
strong walls and moats
the earliest settlement was in Mesopotamia where like small countries they are called
city states
during most of the year the plains were dry and hot so they had no what
materials
During the spring the rain melted the snow from the mountains into what river
Tigris river
how did workers balance water levels
the took water from one reservoir to another
most people live in the waled city's why did the farms lay out
in case of attack they fled in the city wales
why where blinding materials on the planes hard
materials where very scares and hard to find
what was an advantages for living in the foot hills
rained often
constantly struggling to raise crops with either too little or too much water In order to grow food they needed a way to control the water what was one of those they used to control the water
irrigation systems