Section 1
Why was it hard to live in Mesopotamia?
the sun was beating down on them every day and they had food shortages
why did the south area become better farming land
the rivers overflowed
why were farmers struggling to make crops
the temperature and they didn't have enough water
how did the irrigation system help Sumerians
it got them more food/crops
why were people fighting over water
the people upstream were greedy and didn´t give the people downstream water
how did the first Mesopotamian people get food
by hunting and farming
why weren´t there many people in the south
the south didn´t have any resources
why was there flooding in sumer
the snow on the mountains melted in the spring so all the water overflowed the river
why were the canals clogged
the silt was going into the river
why were people building walls around their city
to keep other villages from invading
why were there food shortages in the hills
because there was too many people in there village
why did the people move out of the Zagros mountains
they didn´t have food
why was sumers soil dry
they didn't know when the rivers would overflow
what did people do to keep the irrigation system clean
they asked other villages to help them clean them
when did the villages start turning into city-states
around 3500 BCE
what would happen when Mesopotamians didn´t clean out their rivers
the silt would get into there rivers
why were the Zagros mountains a good place to farm
they had some rain and fertile land
how did Sumerians learn how to control water
they built dams and canals
what did people do to make the water levels balanced
people scooped up water from a resovoir
what did city-states do to protect their cities
they built walls around their city
how did they maintain their farms
they did irrigation and cleaned out the silt in the rivers
how were they able to build houses with tools in the Zagros mountains
there were a lot trees in the area and metal
what were levees built for
to prevent the rivers from flooding
what did working together with other villages cause
to have a bigger population
what did city-states build around their cities
Moats