Euphrates

Mesopotamia, a land of blazing sun and very little rainfall, irrigation was vital for farming. Centuries before the beginning of known history, the Sumerians undertook the stupendous task of building embankments to control the floodwaters of the Euphrates River. Gradually they drained the marshes and dug irrigation canals and ditches. Large-scale cooperation was needed to build the irrigation works, keep them in repair, and apportion the water. This need gave rise to government and laws. The…

9/3/2014). ISIS operates a sophisticated propaganda campaign mechanism that attracts extremist and insurgent Sunnis of Western Iraq. ISIS uses social media to prompt attacks on the United States. ISIS has a force of 10,000 fighters in the Tigris Euphrates basin, with resources and safe havens in Iraq to plot, prepare, and fund terrorist attacks against the U.S. homeland. Foreign fighters and Americans have flocked to Syria to learn ISIS tactics and ideologies. “An ISIL sympathizer,…

Intro Akkadian Empire is one of the most fascinating civilisations do you know why? Well because Sargon was the first ruler to rule an empire in the world, Sargon was one of the many rulers that ruled the Akkadian Empire. There were five rulers including Sargon. Sargon, Rimush, Manishtushu, Naram Sin, and Shar-Kali-Sharri, were all rulers of Akkadian Empire. Akkadian Empire was fascinating because of its Geography, Government, Economics, Values and Beliefs, Contributions, Developed way of live,…

A theme ever-present in a large majority of poetry is conflict. Conflict can manifest in many different forms in the world and poetry, being a great form of social commentary, discusses the impact these forms of conflict have on the world. A diverse selection of authors discuss the themes of ethical conflict, romantic conflict, conflict in war, and existential conflict in their work. The theme of ethical conflict is highly predominant in the poetry of Langston Hughes, George Watsky, and Seamus…

reason Mesopotamia was a successful civilization was because they not only knew how to survive, but also how to flourish. They had the basic food, water, shelter, and then some. The word Mesopotamia means, “land between two rivers.” The Tigris and Euphrates river proved to be useful for farming. Farmers were able to develop an irrigation…

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its banks annually, depositing rich natural fertilizing elements that enabled Egyptians to grow wheat and barley, often providing a surplus. While the yearly rise of the Nile in Egypt was predictable, this was not the case in Mesopotamia. Both the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers frequently caused destructive floods, inundating villages and cities, killing people and livestock. Unlike Egypt, which was protected from outside invasion by natural barriers, Mesopotamia was a vast open region. As…

The Indus Valley and Mesopotamia were two ancient civilizations who thrived off of the banks of prominent rivers. These two civilizations relied on the rivers for social interaction, health, transportation, food, and water. Even though the rivers started these two civilizations, they also may have been the cause to their collapse. The Indus Valley is located on the north western side of a country now known as India. The Indus Valley consists of five prominent cities that surround the Indus…

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates River became known as the fertile crescent. The crescent was home to one of the very first highly concentrated cities of the ancient world. The name of this civilization was Sumerian, Sumeria is where the modern day human society really launched…

Ancient Sumer In the middle east, along the great Tigris and Euphrates rivers leading to the Persian Gulf explains where the Sumerian civilization settled. The Sumer civilization were referred to as the first river valley civilization, since rivers ran through the land. The land was not considered desirable due to all the flooding, mud slides, and depositing fertile soil. Although the rivers overflown their banks and created a nuisance, the people worked together to generate and develop their…