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Mesopotamia lesson 1

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  • Why did the people of Mesopotamia need to tame the rivers?
    floods and droughts
  • The civilization of Mesopotamia, the earliest known one, developed in what is now...
    southern Iraq
  • When did the first groups move to the plan of Tigris and Euphrates?
    End of Neolithic Age, around 4000 BC
  • What are the names of the two rivers?
    Euphrates and Tigris
  • What does 'Mesopotamia' mean?
    It means 'between the rivers'
  • How is the method of watering crops that the people of Mesopotamia used called?
    irrigation
  • Thanks to irrigation, farmers could produce extra amounts of food. How are they called?
    surpluses
  • The Fertile Crescent extends between which two bodies of water?
    Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
  • What are the main features of a civilization?
    cities, specialized workers, record keeping, advanced institutions and technology
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