Mesopotamia: A Difficult Environment
What's a different name from Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent
What time did people began farming?
Neolithic
What is Sumer's soil like?
Hard and dry
What was the problem for Sumerian farmers?
Maintaing the irrigation system across village boundaries
Why did Historians call them city-states?
They were an independent country
What is the closet sea to Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean Sea
Where did the hills get their water from?
The rain
What were farmers struggling with?
Too much or too little water for crops
What could one clogged canal do?
Disrupt the entire system
Why did Sumerian cities fight?
For the right to use more water
How is the soil in Mesopotamia?
Hard and dry
Where did people relocate to?
Sumer
Why did Sumerians use leeves?
To prevent flooding
Why did some towns in Sumer become cities?
There were thousands of people
What year did most Sumerians live in city-states?
3000 B.C.E
What were the major problems the Mesopotamians faced?
Where do the Tigris rivers run through?
Flat plains
Rain and melted snow from the mountains flowed into the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
3500 and 3000 B.C
What did they do to stop enermies from entering?
Dug moats outside city walls
What building material was there most of?
Reeds
What Year did Historians think farmers did not have enough land to grow food?
5000 B.C.E
How did Sumerians learn to control water supply?
They dug canals to shape the paths the water flowed
Why did people need to work together?
For the common good
What was a natural thing they didn't have to keep away enemies?
Mountain ranges or rushing rivers