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It is situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
This area is also known as the Fertile Crescent.
This is where Mesopotamian civilization began.
Domesticated animals were goats, sheep, pigs and cattle. -
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This is a system for watering crops planted far from rivers.
Irrigation canals allowed the water to be carried from the rivers and transported to the fields during long, hot, dry summer months. This enabled Sumerians to plant crops far from the river. -
Sumerians made the first plow out of wood. One end was bent for cutting into the ground to turn the soil. Sumerians used digging sticks to poke holes into the ground and plant seeds one by one. This technique was hard and slow work. Sumerians pushed ploughs along the ground and dug long shallow trenches or furrows. Soon farmers hitched Oxens to the plows and had the animals pull the plow along. -
Sumerians had a food surplus of grains and wheat.
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Bartering is a system in which people trade and exchange goods without using money.
Sumerians traded wheat and barley -
The first city was established with a population of 40,000 people.
Girsu, Lagash, Sippar, Nippur and Babylon. Joined Uruk as the first Mesopotamian communities -
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Wheeled carts and ships meant that Sumerians were able to transport their surplus grain and wool over long distances and bring back heavy resources such as lumber, metal and precious stones (resources they were lacking). -
Grain and wool
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