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Project Guiding Framework/Questions
Locate and describe the major river systems. Discuss the physical settings that supported permanent settlement and early civilizations. Trace the development of agricultural techniques that permitted the production of economic surplus. Explain the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power

Where did early settlers establish the first civilization? Why was the area suitable for farming? What did the settlers do to make the area more productive? What happened as a result of increased production of food?

Suggested Topics
Geography Farming Techniques Food Surplus/ Division of Labor Cities

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= = =Geography-= Mesopotamia was about 300 miles long and 150 miles long. It was in the middle of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. These rivers go into the Persian Gulf. The word **Mesopotamia** means "The land between the rivers". Mesopotamia's weather was usually really hot. That's why it would have lots of droughts.The temperature would sometimes even go up to 110 degrees Farenhight! Mesopotamia's people had cities! Cities had three main parts in the land. They had these three main parts for differerent people. One was for the poor people the other one was for the average people and the other part was for the rich people. Some of the rich people were like the Priests, and the **Sargons**. These people would live in the Ziggurats.
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=Farming Techniques-=

In Mesopotamia people used the water from rivers to water their crops. Mesopotamia had great luck with farming because of their great amount of **Silt**. But still sometimes they would loose lots of food because in Spring the ice would melt from the Turkish Mountains and make great floods in the farming land! The land where they planted was very healthy for their crops also because of the farming techniques! Some farming technique where like to use a **plow** for farming also their animals would also help such as the Ox that would make it easier to farm by not having to carry a plow! These floods would happen when the water would go over the **canals** that they would make so floods would go and make a great amount of silt!

=Mesopotamia's People-= The religion from mesopotamia would believed in seven gods. These seven gods where Earth, Sky, Moon, Salt, Water, Fresh Water, and Wind! People who where from Mesopotamia were called "Mesopotamians". All of the people there would have the same religion. Mesopotamian's would eat unleven bread. Mesopotamians where very different from now! They wouldn't wear as much clothes as how we do now! These clothes would be... for men there were skirts varied int heir length acording to how the owner wanted it and mostly they were bare on the top. The women would wear long dresses.



=Hammurabi's Code-= The Babylon Empire was famous because of **Hammurabi's Code**. This code was a set of 282 laws that were just like today's laws. Some laws are still used today! Hammurabi was the person who made the code! This code was very important in Babylon! Hammurabi was very intelligent because he would make lots of inventions just like Sumerians! Hammurabi would go to Mesopotamia and conquest people from there to go into Babylon and have a better job and right! Hammurabi's code was very strict. This set of 282 laws where written in peices of stone and clay! Hammurabi's code was named like that because of the King Hammurabi. He was the one who made this code of laws. He was a king and he ruled for 42 years in babylon. This happened in 1792 to 1750 BC!



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