world history chapter 3 L1&2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mesopotamia | Means "between the rivers" in Greek |
| Tigris and Euphrates rivers | The most important physical features of Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia | Region in Southwest Asia which lay between 2 rivers and was well suited for farming. |
| Fertile Crescent | A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland that included the region of Mesopotamia, between Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf and extends to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Silt | A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks that were brought by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and made the land ideal for farming. |
| Mesopotamia | Region in which the early village developed into the world's first civilization because of the the plentiful food and population growth. |
| Mesopotamia Farming | Because of the little rain received, water levels of the 2 rivers depended on how much rain fell in eastern Asia Minor, where the 2 rivers began; if there was much rain, then the water levels got very high and flooded crops, killed livestock and washed away homes. |
| Irrigation | A way of supplying water to an area of land by digging out large storage bsins to hold water supplies. |
| Canals | Human-made waterways which were used to connect the storage basins to a network of ditches which brought the water to the fields. |
| Dikes | Earthen walls along rivers or shorelines to hold back water and were used in canals. |
| Surplus | An amount that is more than is needed. In farming, the irrigation system helped grow more food, so much so there was extra. |
| Irrigation | Watering system that the Mesopotamians used to water grazing areas for cattle and sheep. |
| Division of Labor | The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job. |
| Mesopotomian Occupations | Since irrigation made farmers more productive, fewer people needed to farm, so many were free to pursue other jobs such as craftsmen, religious leaders and government workers. |
| Mesopotamian Cities | People mainly worked on farms, but the cities were where people traded goods and they were the political, religious, cultural and economic centers of civilization between 4000 and 3000 BC. |
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