Geography Of Meso.
Land between the two rivers
Mesopotamia
Silt
What clogged the canals?
Wood, stone, minerals
What are the three items the Mesopotamians lack?
Too little rain.
when would the flood not come?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the names of the rivers?
Dams
What did they build to control excess water?
Bricks and plaster
What did they use mud for?
people starved
what was the effect of drought
Fertile, good for crops
What is silt?
What is constant danger?
Crumbles had to be repaired.
What was the effect of mud buildings?
6000 B.C
When did farmers build canals?
4000 B.C
When were farming villages widespread across southern Mesopotamia?
Canals
What carries water from the rivers?
Canals, building walls
What were the jobs they had to do?
semiarid
Less than 10 inches of rain
Through Iraq southeast to the Persian Gulf.
Where do the rivers flow?
Branch canals
what led away from main canals?
natural barriers= 0
Why couldn't the Mesopotamians protect themselves?
9 inches
how much rain fell in southern Mesopotamia in a year?