The Tigris and Euphrates River

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MESOPOTAMIA
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The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Chapter Three
• Lesson One

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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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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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The Land Between Two Rivers

• Mesopotamia is located between the Tigris and
  Euphrates Rivers.
• Called the Fertile Crescent for rich farmland.
• The first settlers were farmers and fisherman.

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Working With Water

• Flooding provided silt, a rich mixture of rock
  and soil.
• Silt made the nearby land possible to farm.
• Drought or times without rain made farming
  difficult.
• Irregular flooding and droughts caused
  Mesopotamians to find was of getting water to
  their fields. This was Irrigation.

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Irrigation
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Farming in Mesopotamia

• Crops
• Wheat
• Barley
• Emmer (Wheat grain)
• Vegetables and Fruits
• Onions
• Cucumbers
• Figs
• Apples
• Raised Animals to help out.
• Goats, sheep, horses donkeys.

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What does living next to a river lead to?
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• Trade

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• Communication

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• Growth