Mesopotamia

Front 1

Paleolithic Age

Back 1

Food Supply: hunting wild animals, and gathering plants

Housing: lived in caves

Tools: spears, rocks, and themselves

Communities: no communities, lived in caves

Front 2

Neolithic Age

Back 2

Food Supply: they created farming

Housing: lived on their farms, made houses to of mud bricks, rocks, and branches. This gave them protection from people, weather, and animals


Tools: knifes, arrowheads, and mirrors. This gave them stronger materials.

Communities: larger communities, town and villages grew, people got organized and had different jobs

Front 3

Advantages in the Foothills

Back 3

. good conditions for growing crops

. mild weather

. provided wood for building, plenty of stones to make tools

Front 4

Disadvantages in the Foothills

Back 4

. food shortage

. land shortage

. supplies shortage

Front 5

Problems in Sumer

Back 5

1. uncontrolled water supply (flooding)

2. irrigation system crossed boundaries

3. food shortages

4. attacks by neighboring communities

Front 6

Solutions in Sumer

Back 6

1. they created irrigation systems: levees, canals, and dams

2. learned to cooperate

3. controlled water allowed allowed crops or food to grow anywhere

4. they build strong walls and moats around the city