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What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek and where is it?
It means land between the rivers.
It is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq (which are 205 miles apart)
At the center is the Fertile Crescent.
What is the Fertile Crescent and where is it?
It is a collection of valleys that stretches from southern Isreal to Iraq.
When did people settle here?
Around 4500 BCE
When were cities set up by in the Fertile Crescent?
First major cities before 4000 BCE
Why did people start civilizations in the Fertile Crescent?
*People move where it is easier or more efficient to live*
Since mankind moved from the hunter/gatherer to systematic agriculture/domestication, they needed a certain environment.
What are the 2 things that civilizations based their location on and why?
Proximity to water (Rivers primarily) because of drinking,k removing waste, transportation, etc.
And fertile soil for farming and domestication
What are some of the main things rivers do/provided early civilizations with?
Water to drink and bathe in
Irrigation source for agriculture
Transportation
Fertilization of the soil
Carries away waste production
Import/Export Goods
*People dug canals to get water to crops faster and transport things easier
What did early civilizations use to fertilize soil? Describe it
Annual flooding
Every spring, the rivers would flood and deposit silt into the land. Silt renewed the soil and ensured that a surplus of crops could grow.
What is the effect of the amount of food on the population?
The more food there is, the bigger the population
What was the first city ever and how fast did it grow?
The city of Ur
It went from 300-400 people to thousands