Mesopotamia Geography and Sumer

Mesopotamia

land between two rivers Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

what is alluvial plain

created by repeated flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

why are Mesopotamia flat

what the rivers stop flowing and just spread out into marshes as you approach the mouth of the rivers in southern Mesopotamia

history of river in Mesopotamia

• the rivers can flood quickly and unpredictably and at times when crops may
  already be planted (punishment of the gods).

• little to no rain falls in this region, the only water is from the rivers and they
  depend on irrigation for farming

dust storms can blow in from the Syrian desert and create __ in mesotopamia

havoc

what is the primary source for building materials and what wood was imported from the Levant region

clay

Marshlands in the south

where rivers cease to flow and just spread out over the flat land

Being adjacent to the Syrian Desert

his region is plagued by dust storms that originate in the desert and blow in depositing deep deposits of very fine dust everywhere. These dust storms can clog up canals that transport vital water from the rivers and can cover up agricultural fields and crops

Ubaid Farmers

began to prosper in S. Mesopotamia between 6300 and 4500 BC and large towns developed and were enhanced through inter-regional trade

tells

artificial hills