Mesopotamia Flashcards
(14 cards)
What does Mesopotamia mean
Mesopotamia means in between the two rivers
What factors caused Mesopotamia to form into city states
The cause of war is the reason
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates river are in Mesopotamia
What is the climate in the north part of Mesopotamia.
Semi-arid climate, with a desert expanse
Who is this made by
YONI
What is the climate of the southern portion of Mesopotamia.
Semi-arid
What are some solutions that Mesopotamia had?
Irrigation, the use of dams and aqueducts to control water flow, and using plows to break the soil to make it more suitable for agriculture.
Where is Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia is in modern day Iraq
What are some things that Mesopotamia made ?
The made
The wheel
Time
Sailing
Plow
Mathematics
Writing
Board games
Cites
Maps
Literature
Astronomy
Chariots
And Beer
What are environmental factors that Mesopotamia had ?
Summers were long, hot, and dry, while winters were mild with some rainfall
What is Topography ?
the distribution of parts or features on the surface of or within an organ or organism.
What are complex cites
The intersection of subsystems like transportation, economy, humans, infrastructure, and social systems.
What are some minerals in Mesopotamia ?
Fluviatile gravel and sand, clay, continental evaporites represented by salt pans and gypcrete, and partly the aeolian sand.
What are some vegetation that Mesopotamia had.
Sparse and dominated by shrubs such as sagebrush, anabasis and haloxlyon.
