Mesopotamia


 * Mesopotamia [[image:Mesopotamia.jpg width="408" height="222"]]**

Mesopotamia is a middle-east region in the Fertile Crescent, it is located in the western part of Asia. It is near the Nile river. Mesopotamia is between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. It is also betweent the Syrian Dessert and the Zagros mountains. Mesopotamia is a region where many things were invented such as the Wheel, Plow, Writting, Jobs, Domestication, and farming.


 * Farming**

The Sumerians were the first people to develope farming in mesopotamia. First they would hunt for food, and they would never know when they would run out of animals to hunt. They learned that they could grow their own food Most of the Sumerians were farmers, but not necessarily all had to farm. Fortunately they learned how to Domesticate animals.




 * Domesticating**

To domesticate means to train. In this case, the people in Nippur learned how to domesticate animals for their needs. They would use animals to pull plows to grow their crops. The Nippur people learned how to get jobs. Some of those jobs were becoming Preists or Ministers.


 * Writting**

Writting was developed by the Sumerians. The Sumerian writting was called cuneiform. Cuneiform was used by scribes.