Difficult envoirment
Where was Mesopotamia located in
The fertile cresent
The foothills where located in
the Zagros Mountains
What is one of the problems
uncontrollable water supply
What problem arose
how to maintain a irrigation systems
sumerian cities fought over
water
The northern part was
hilly and rainy
Zagros mountains were located in the ____ Part of Mesopotamia
Northern
what did the sumerian invent
irrigation system
canals became clogged with
silt
The plains provided
no natural barriers
The southern part is
Low and hot
Good conditions in the foothills caused
Mesopotamians to grow rapidly
During the spring
the snow and ice flowed in to the river to make it overflow
Poeple who lived in village
worked togheter to clean the silt
The sumerians constracted ___ to protect them from neighboring villages
walls
The sun beat down fiercely on the plains between
The tigris and euphrates river
When do scientists believe that problems started to grow?
5000 bce
Who created the irrigation system
The sumerians worked thogheter to
Create large communities
The walls were made from
Mud brick
Mesopotamians faced_major problems
4
What were the problems
Food shortages
What did the sumerians build to store water
pools
Cities had
severel thousands of people
The walled cities were called
city-states