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The Tigris and Euphrates rivers were important features called the Mesopotamia river. In ancient times Mesopotamia river used to be broken into two parts. The Tigris and Euphrates came together and became the Mesopotamia river.The rivers came together because they flowed down a hill and they came together.Mesopotamia was made up in different regions .They affected the ways that people lived.

Food Surplus
Mesopotamia had a lot of food surplus.The farmers made a lot of food surplus.A lot of other people didn't needed to farm because of irrigation.There were more people to do different jobs than farming.There was a lot of food for Mesopotamia.Mesopotamia ate fish, wheat ,and other things.

Mesopotamia Irrigation
Irrigation is used to bring water to a area of land.They made waterways and the water would go into ditches.When the water went into the ditch then they would use the water for farming or other things the needed to use water..Mesopotamia also made a bank so the water wouldn't make a flood.The banks would even help when the water was high.

Mesopotamia Cities
Mesopotamia didn't have cities at first.They had settlements.The settlements got bigger and then they called them cities.Cities were becoming a important place because the people traded things at cities.The cities also had leaders to help if something happened to the city.

Civilization
The first people settled 12,000 years ago in Mesopotamia.After they settled they learned how to farm.They had plenty of food.With plenty of food a village formed and that's how settlements started.Then settlements turned into cities.The first people in the villages were first people in the world.

The Code
A guy named Hammurabi was a leader and he made 282 laws.He turned famous because of the laws he made.The laws were for lot of things.Some of the laws are are still here today.The code was important because he wrote it and everyone can see the code.



Division of Labor in Mesopotamia
In Mesopotamia they had division of labor.With division of labor people were able to do more jobs and they had more things because of more jobs.There were more things to do in Mesopotamia because of division of. labor. The people of Mesopotamia had to make rules for division of labor.Division of labor was very important.

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