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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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__Mesopotamia__

 * Mesopotamia was between the Tigris and Euphrates River in southern Iraq, which, is in Asia.
 * Mesopotamia had different regions and they all had there own geography.

What Mesopotamian People Ate Cow's milk was drank also but it always turned sour quickly because of the climate
 * People that had very little money ate about two meals a day, but the rich people ate unleavened bread, and they also drank beer (up to 1 gallon of beer they drank a day)
 * People from Mesopotamia ate mainly 2 meals a day
 * Meat was also eaten but it was very expensive most people ate, cooked vegetable stew. Fish was a very good source of protein in Mesopotamia.[[image:mesopotamia.gif width="210" height="129" align="right"]]
 * They ate fruits and those fruits were pears, apples, grapes, figs, plums, apricots, mulberries, melns, pomegranates, and quinces.
 * They also ate Pistachio nuts
 * 1) They did eat sweets like cakes but only on special occasions to make those cakes they made it with butter, cheese, dates, flour, and raisins

What Mesopotamia believed in