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=Mesopotamia=

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?

Geography
Mesopotamia which means in Greek between two rivers, the name of the rivers were Tigris & Euphrates. In Northern Mesopotamia there are lots of hills & plains, it is quite fertile due to the cause seasonal rains. On the other hand Southern Mesopotamia is filled with marshy area and wide, flat, barren plains. The first settlers establish in Mesopotamia because of the water surrounding it that was good except when it would get flooded.

Farming Techniques
Do to the floodings of the two rivers the tigris and Euphrates messopotamia would get to many over-flood and silts. Major problem were caused by silts men worked very hard do to the silts so they had to build canals, gates, and ditches. floods would arrive in the begining of springs and endings of summer.Floods would also arrive when the snow of the Turtish mountain melted.

Food Surplus/ Division of Labor
Mesopotamians diet barly, wheat, beans, appals oranges, vegtables, and more. They would eat from the crops they planted they also had cows and sheeps to give them milk to drink cheese meat and more.



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