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What is the name of the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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What was the name of the Mountains located in Northeast of the Fertile Crescent?
Zagros Mountains
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What is the source of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Taurus Mountains
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What problem did silt cause?
Clogged the canals disrupting the water flow to cities.
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What is a city-state?
Early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
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Why did people move out of the foothills near the Zagros Mountains?
Not enough space to grow more food for the growing population
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What is this picture showing you?
Canals and Levees
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What is Silt?
Rich fertile soil contained with vitamins and minerals
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What barrier was built around the outside of the city walls?
A moat
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Which direction do the Tigris and Euphrates river flow and into which body of water?
Southeast into the Persian Gulf
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What is the name of the SOUTHERN region in Mesopotamia?
Sumer
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What system did the people of Sumer create to help control their water supply?
Irrigation Systems
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Why would different Sumerian cities depend on each other?
To keep their section of the canal clean and clear of silt to keep the water flowing.
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What natural resource did Sumerians use to build their barrier?
Mud bricks that was sun baked
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Describe the environment of SOUTHERN Mesopotamia.
There was little rain; most of the year, the soil was hard and dry, with hot temperatures and seasonal floods
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In what season did southern Mesopotamia flood?
What caused the flooding?
Spring
Snow melting from the mountains and running down into the rivers, causing them to overflow
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What was the purpose of the levees?
Built along the sides of the river to prevent flooding. When the land was dry, farmers put holes in the levees to allow water to flow through into the crops.
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What was the result of Sumerians working together?
They began to create larger cities.
Villages grew into towns and towns became their own cities.
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What was causing the disputes between Sumerian cities/towns?
The disputes were over the water resource because cities located closer to the river built new canals and blocked off old canals, stopping the water from traveling to further cities.
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Mesopotamia faced significant challenges as it sought to thrive in its environment. What were the 4 major problems?
food shortages in the hills
An uncontrolled water supply on the plains
difficulties in building and maintaining systems that provided water across the village boundaries
attacks by neighboring communities
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Explain why the flooding was good.
Explain why the flooding was bad.
It was good because it brought rich, fertile soil full of vitamins and minerals, which is called Silt.
It was bad because the flood would wash away all the crops that were planted.
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Explain the Irrigation Cycle using all 3 of the systems involved.
The Dam stops the river flow and pools up into the reservoir. The water then flows through the canals and levees, protecting the crops from flooding water.
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Explain the solution for the irrigation system? and what was the main result....
villages became dependent on each other to maintain the irrigation system. As Sumerians worked together, they began to create larger communities.
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Describe the layout of a Sumerian City-State.
The farmland and crops were located outside the city wall.
There was a moat that surrounded the city wall for more protection
The irrigation system and canals ran outside the the city and throughout the farmland
Inside the city contained houses, markets and temples