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Fertile Crescent 1
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Achievements
100
large arc (curved shape) of rich, or fertile, farmland.
What is Fertile Crescent
100
a way of supplying water to an area of land
What is irrigation
100
type of arrangement where each worker specializes in a particular job or task
What is division of labor
100

This invention helped them prepare their farmland for crops and utilized domesticated animals.

the plow

200
Part of a larger area called the Fertile Crescent, lies between Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf in Southwest Asia
What is Mesopotamia
200

held surplus grain

What is a ziggurat

200
political, religious, cultural, and economic centers of civilization
What is cities
200

type of math first used by Sumerians

algebra

300
mixture of rich soil and tiny brought by yearly floods on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, reason Mesopotamia’s farmland is fertile
What is Silt
300
human-made waterways, that connected basins to a network of ditches
What is canals
300
early civilizations of Mesopotamia depended these two great rivers
What is Tigris and the Euphrates
300

this invention helped them plan and expect floods and determine the number of days until the land was ready for planting

calendar

400
Crops dried up
What is water level too low
400
held back flood-waters when river levels were high
What is built-up banks
400
Farmers grew wheat, barley, and other types of grain on these
What is the first farm settlements formed in Mesopotamia
400

The King Sargon was responsible for uniting city states and creating the world's first _______________

empire

500
flooding destroyed crops, killed livestock, and washed away homes
What is water level too high
500
more products or items than needed
What is surplus
500
developed into the world’s first civilization
What is early villages
500

The Code of Hammurabi was based on this principle

an eye for an eye