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Geography
Mesopotamia is in the middle of two rivers the first river is called Tigris river. The second river was the river Euphrates. Is also between the Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf. Eraly people preferred settling where there rich soil, nearby rivers, and often floods, so crops could grow. Southwest Asia was very well suited for farming crops because it lay between to rivers. The two rivers were called the Tigers and the Euphrates rivers and they were the most important physical feats. of Mesopotamia [ were "between the rivers"] between the persian gulf and the meditierranean sea.

=Food Surplus/= Irrigation increased the avarage of food farmers were able to grow. In fact farmers could produce a food like surplus or more than they needed. they eat fish, meat, wheat, barley, and dates were plentiful. Farming wasn't an esay thing to do in mesopotamia. There was hardly any rainfalls, so they depended on the tigers and the euphrates water levels. This meant the water levels depended on the how much rain fell in the eastern Asia minor When there was a lot of rainfall, floods happened. The flooding demolished the crops, killed the livestock, and washed away homes.



=The first civilization= Early settlers established the first civilization in Mesoptoamia more than twelve thousands years ago. During that time early people learned how to plant crops for food. Every year, floods on the Tigrs and Euphrates river brought silt. Silt made the land great for farming crops. The first farm settlements formed in mesoptoamia as early as seven thousand BC [befor christ] Early villagers soon developed into the worlds first civilization.

=Farming=

Mesopotamia was soitable farming because it lay between the tigers and Euphrates river. Which had floods that and brought silt over time,
Farmers grew crops such as Wheat, barley, and types of grain. Sumerians soon began eating livestock, birds, and fish, which were good sources of food. These types of foods and crops helped increase the population and villages began to grow.



= =//Division of labor//= //The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job is called a division of labor.// //As a result,irrigation made farmers more productive, fewer people needed to farm. This meant that people would// //be able to do other jobs. People became crafters, religious leaders,and government workers. since people were// //working on different jobs, The society could accumplish more.//

=Vacabulary:= Canals- human Division of labor- The type of arrangement in which eachworker specializes in a particular job. Surplus- more than needed. Silt- a mixture of rocks and rich soil. Fertile crescent- a large are of rich fertile, from land.

=Hammurabi's Code:= Hammurabi was a powerful leader and ruler babylon. Ones hammurabi was a ruler from babylon, he improved babylon's tax collection system, irrigation project, and building. He also increased trade and was famous for his code of laws. Hammurabi's code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life. There were laws on trade, loans, and theft to marriage, injury, and murder.



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