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=lives on Mesopotamia=

**Geography**
Mesopotamia is a Greek word for between the rivers. These rivers are called Tigris and Euphrates which also flow through much of Syria. Northern Mesopotamia is made out of tall mountains in modern Iraq. Mesopotamia is made out of different regions and all the different regions all had different areas. The Mesopotamians were able to control water by making another river path. Mesopotamia was a great place to live because it was filled with lots of water and food so they didn't have to go searching to different areas for their survival. They also controlled the water by creating dams.

**Farming**
Mesopotamia was lucky to have early floods because it would allow them to grow their plants and start farming. Rivers also brought silt to the land. Hunters became farmers to prepare the ground for planting. Mesopotamia was a great place for farming because it had a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks. Farmers had an incresement on food so they had more than they needed. The civilization grew by men hunting or farming and women gathering. The bad thing about this civilization was being between two rivers because when their is a flood it will destroy the crops and bulding's. The farming technique that they used was that they put down dams to control the floods and when the plants needed the water they would open a dam a little bit.

Inventions
Lots of things were invented in Mesopotamia like writing, they used clay tablets as paper and they used a sharp tip of wood or other materials, they drew pictures to contact each other but as time went on they made the pictures more simple to draw. They also invented the wheel made out of wood brought together, and the calendar so they can plan when to plant their plants and when to harvest their plants. They also invented the plow which made them able to plant seeds faster and save time.



**Cities/Empire**
Nomadic people built a kingdom on Mesopotamia such as Chaldea and Babylonia, and they also built the largest city. Assyrians began to takeover Mesopotamia. The Assyrians armed their solders with iron tools/weapons eventually they built an empire that included Palestine, Egypt, and Asia Minor. Mesopotamia was taken over by many groups like Persians and Greeks and Romans, by the seventh century it was invaded by the Arabs.



Hammurabi
Hammurabi was a great war leader. He got the Mesopotamia in his empire. Hammurabi was also famous for his laws. Due to his laws there were laws for just about everything. Hammurabi had two hundred eighty two laws.



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