2.1 The Fertile Crescent

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What is another word for farming?

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agriculture

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The area of land that was the cradle of Mesopotamian civilization was known as the ...

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Fertile Crescent

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Mesopotamia is known as ...

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the land between the rivers

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Mesopotamians settled in the Fertile Crescent because the land was ...

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fertile

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A group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture is known as a ...

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civilization

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A surplus of food due to agriculture led to an exchange of goods between people known as ...

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trade

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The Tigris and Euphrates were ...

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rivers in Mesopotamia

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Lack of rainfall made this very important to farmers.

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irrigation systems

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Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

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Fertile Crescent

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The Fertile Crescent stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the _________ Gulf.

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Persian