Foot shortages
When did some people start farming
Neolithic Times
What caused the Tigris and the Euphrates to flood
In the spring when the snow would melt and it would rain
Why di farmers HAVE to clean the system
so that the whole entire system would not fail
What did people use to build walls to protect themselves and crops
MUD to make mud bricks
When did farm villages start to form
3,500 B.C.
What is below the foothills
Tigris and Euphrates
What was the thing called that would protect the people from the floods
levees
Why did people clean the canals
for the common good
What did people fight over
WATER
Why did people have to cooperate
because there systems would cross other boundaries
Why did people have to move out of the foothills
Because the land was dry and they could not grow crops
What would farmers to when there crops needed water
They would poke hole into the levees so that the water would flow through
Why did people need to build more communities
so they could control there water supply
What were the walled cities called
City-States
What made people move from the foothills
food shorteges
What was the region called
Sumer and people Sumerians
What did people do to save water
They built dams that would make pools of water to save for later
What would happen if someone did not clean the silt from the canals
The whole system would shut down and all the crops would die
What time did most Sumerians live in City-States
3,000 B.C.
What also did Sumerians create other then walls made from mud
they dug moats around their cities
Why did people move to the Tigris and the Euphrates river
because it would flood and had trees and stone so maybe life would be successful there
What did people build that worked out better the the levees
canals that had the just right amount of water for the crops
What was the main problem with the irrigation system
There was silt building up and would clogged the system and cause the crops to fail
Where did some people move
Which is not true that caused Sumerians to live in City-States
disease