The Need for Irrigation, The Ubaid Culture, From City to Civilization

1. The Need for Irrigation, The Ubaid Culture, From City to Civilization

2. The Need for Irrigation 1. While Northern Mesopotamia received enough rainfall for farmers to grow crops, SouthernMesopotamia did not.

3. The Need for Irrigation 2. What are the 4 ways people used irrigation?

4. Need for Irrigation 1. People dug canals to carry water from the rivers to the land. 2. Stored water in areas of low land called basins to supply them with water in times of drought. 3. To protect their lands from floods, they put up dikes, or walls of dirt, along riverbanks. 4. They also built dams to help control the flow of water.

5. Canals

6. Dams

7. Need for Irrigation 3. What happened because of the surplus of crops that developed?

8. Need for Irrigation • With more than enough food, these early people developed new, more complex cultures.

9. 1. Ubaid Culture - Timeline

10. 2. Ubaid Culture – Comparison Chart Early Culture Later Culture

11. Ubaid Culture 3. Why is the legacy of the Ubaid culture important?

12. Ubaid Culture • The Ubaid culture formed the foundation for the civilization that eventually developed in southern Mesopotamia.

13. From City to Civilization 1. Who formed a civilization after the Ubaid culture?

14. From City to Civilization • The Sumerians

15. From City to Civilization 2. What was necessary for the development of first cities?

16. From City to Civilization • Using agricultural techniques to produce food surpluses, some villages emerged as the first cities.