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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

1.Geography
Mesopotamia was between the Tigris and Euphrates these rivers were the most important rivers in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is between Asia Minor and Persian Gulf. This region is part of large area called the Fertile and Crescent. The Fertile Crescent is from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. Mesopotamia was made out of two parts Northern Mesopotamia was a Plateau border of the North and East by mountains. Southern Mesopotamia was a flat land. Mesopotamia is made of different regions, each was with it on geography.

2.Farming Techniques
Mesopotamia gained a large amount of silt from other lands. The silt was a huge problem in man made irrigation systems. To prepare the ground planting the farmers designed the sickle the whose and the plow. The location do not have enough rain falling for crops irrigation was needed from the river.This means the water levels in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers depended on the rain the fell in eastern Asia where both of the rivers began. When a lot of rain fell water levels got high. The flooding destroyed crops, killed livestock, and destroyed homes. When water levels were low crops dried up.





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