Mesopotamia Geography

The Neolithic villagers that lived in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains left because of

• Too much rain

• floods

• Not enough food

• attackers

The villagers moved to Mesopotamia which was the plains

between the

• rivers

• mountains

• deserts

• hills

How did the Mesopotamians control the spring floods

• irrigation system with dams, levees, canals

• Moved to the Zagros Mountains

• Built Ziggurats

• Built Wheels

Why was it difficult to maintain the irrigation system?

• The system ran across several villages and need a lot of care

• People did not want to help each other

• The King did not trust the villagers

• They did not know how

How did the Sumerian cities protect themselves from attacks?

• Army with horses

• Built walls and moats

• Advanced weapons

• Built bridges

The dry plains in the south had spring rains/floods that brought water, but did not have a lot of trees/stones for making shelters and tools.

• True

• False

Spring rain and melted snow from the mountains flowed into the Nile and Euphrates rivers which caused floods in Mesopotamia.

• True

• False

Mesopotamians were able to spread the work among the people and do more. Some were farmers, craftsmen, government officials, priests, laborers, etc. . This is

• organization

• division of labor

• king's orders

• Heaven's Mandate

Period of time in history before the birth of Jesus Christ

• AD

• BC

Period of time after the birth of Jesus Christ. It means "In the year of our Lord" in Latin.

• BC

• AD