CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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the desire for a new beginning
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the search for gold
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the need for food
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the need to escape enemies
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Detailed explanation-1: -Food Shortages in the Hills A shortage of food forced people to move from the foothills of the Zagros Mountains to the plains between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This plains area became Sumer. Controlling Water Supply on the Plains Farmers in Sumer faced times of flooding and drought.
Detailed explanation-2: -To control the water supply, Sumerians built a complex irrigation system. The system crossed village boundaries, so the Sumerians had to cooperate with one another. This led them to live in larger communities the first cities.
Detailed explanation-3: -They constructed canals for a large irrigation system that opened more land for growing food crops. The Sumerians also developed the world’s first writing system.