ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
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Question
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Barley and dates
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Wheat and gold
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Salt and fish
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Flax and metal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The main cereal crop cultivated was barley and this was the main crop used for rations and for fodder.
Detailed explanation-2: -The northern part of Mesopotamia was mostly hills and plains and was also full of good, fertile soil for farming. The early people of Mesopotamia used this land not only for farming but also for natural resources such as timber, metal, and stone.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the British Museum, early Mesopotamian farmers’ main crops were barley and wheat. But they also created gardens shaded by date palms, where they cultivated a wide variety of crops including beans, peas, lentils, cucumbers, leeks, lettuce and garlic, as well as fruit such as grapes, apples, melons and figs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Egyptians and Nubians had wheat, barley, cattle, fish, and birds. The Indus Valley people raised humped cattle and cotton, as well as wheat, barley, lentils, sheep, goats, and chickens. In China millet and wheat were grown in the north, with rice cultivated later in the south.