CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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Mesopotamia was located next to one river.
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The people of Mesopotamia relied on salt water to survive.
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Mesopotamia means “land of the gods.”
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The people of Mesopotamia learned how to control the floods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mesopotamia refers to the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, both of which flow down from the Taurus Mountains. The climate of the region is semi-arid with a vast desert in the north which gives way to a 5, 800 sq mile region of marshes, lagoons, mud flats, and reed banks in the south.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tigris and Euphrates Irrigation provided Mesopotamian civilization with the ability to stretch the river’s waters into farm lands. This led to engineering advances like the construction of canals, dams, reservoirs, drains and aqueducts. One of the prime duties of the king was to maintain these essential waterways.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tigris and Euphrates flooded every year in the springtime because the snow would melt in the mountains of Anatolia, which is where these rivers drain from. As the snow melted, it added lots of water to the river systems, and the Tigris and Euphrates would flood their banks.