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The Geography of the Fertile crescent

2.1. The Geography of the Fertile crescent. A. Land Between the Rivers. Mesopotamia is Greek for “Land Between the Rivers” The Rivers are: The Tigris The Euphrates They both begin in the Taurus Mountai ns. A. Land Between the Rivers.

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The Geography of the Fertile crescent

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  1. 2.1 The Geography of the Fertile crescent

  2. A. Land Between the Rivers • Mesopotamia is Greek for “Land Between the Rivers” • The Rivers are: • The Tigris • The Euphrates • They both begin in the Taurus Mountains

  3. A. Land Between the Rivers • They leave silt behind as they travel to the Persian Gulf • The silt makes the land fertile, • But farmers had to protect against the rivers flooding • During the spring & summer it was the opposite = drought

  4. B. Successful Farmers • Mesopotamian farmers grew many crops • How does this help? • This area began as large forests • What happened to the forests? • Because of the elimination of the trees erosion began

  5. B. Successful Farmers • Today most of this area is desert – “Desert Storm” • They also began to raise cattle, sheep, & goats • Had to protect against Lions • What happened to the Lions?

  6. C. Technology (pg. 56) • Levees were built to control flooding • Irrigation – they built a system of canals to bring water to the fields

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