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Ancient Mesopotamia- It was located between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates. People there started farming and herding.

Three environmental problems


1.unreliable flooding


2.No natural barriers for protection from attackers.


3.Limited resources for building and etc.

Irrigation- The watering of land for agriculture purposes.This was done by digging canals.

Trade- Allowed scarce resources to be acquired.

CITY STATES back then had their own government.

Cities of fertile crescent- Assyrians(North), Akkadians(Central), Sumerians(South).

Road to specialization


1.hunter gathers


2.farming


3.Advances


4.surpluses of grain


5.exchanging(trading)


6. more skilled people


7.market places were made for trading.


8.grain was the main thing that was traded for other things.


9.Money was made and it was used to trade for food or resources.

Advanced technology- The wheel, bronze, medicine, and seeder plow.