Geography of Mesopotamia

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MESOPOTAMIA
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Geography of Mesopotamia
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Location

• Located in the present-day country of Iraq
• Located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
• It was approximately 300 miles long and 150 miles
  wide

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The land between two rivers
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Place

• Northern Mesopotamia is made up of hills and
  plains
• The land is quite fertile due to seasonal rains,
  and the rivers and streams flowing from the
  mountains.
• Southern Mesopotamia is made up of marshy areas
  and wide, flat, barren plains

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Region

• Today commonly known as the Middle East
• Also Known as the Near East
• The climate was hot and humid with unpredictable
  floods

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Movement

• Farmers and fishermen started to settle the
  Mesopotamian plain around 5,500 B.C.E
• Small villages grew into large settlements

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Human-Environment Interaction

• The land consisted of marshes and channels that
  provided food, protection, and life to the
  people.
• The farmers learned to control the flooding to
  some degree.
• The fertile land along the rivers produced such
  crops as wheat, barley, sesame, flax, and various
  fruits and vegetables