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The area in which the Sumerians lived was subject to flash flooding because it was located along The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This provided fertile soil to produce surplus amounts of crops but was in some ways a disadvantage to the people because the floods would sometimes distroy their settlement and livestock.
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What were some achievements of the Incas?
The Inca had a comparatively advanced civilization. They created an accurate calendar and many metal tools and implements. They learned how to smelt metals. They also built aqueducts, pipes and channels to carry water, which helped them to irrigate crops.
What ways did Mesopotamians utilize the natural resources in their area?
They used the reeds to make boats and also papyrus which is a type of paper they wrote on. They used the water from the tigris and euphrates river to irrigate their crops, and they used the clay by the river to build buildings.
What were some achievements of the Inca empire?
The Inca had a comparatively advanced civilization. They created an accurate calendar and many metal tools and implements. They learned how to smelt metals. They also built aqueducts, pipes and channels to carry water, which helped them to irrigate crops.
What are the differences between the sumerians and the Hebrews?
The important difference was the Sumerians being idolaters.
What did the Sumerians speak?
The ancient Sumerians spoke a language called Sumerian.
How did the Sumerians irrigate?
it helped them to grow better crops
How did the Sumerians irrigate crops?
The area in which the Sumerians lived was subject to flash flooding because it was located along The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This provided fertile soil to produce surplus amounts of crops but was in some ways a disadvantage to the people because the floods would sometimes distroy their settlement and livestock.
When is the time to irrigate crops?
at night
What is the relationship with the sumerians and the gods?
The Summerians believed that the gods created them and helped them irrigate their crops. The gods inspired them to build temples of raised rooms and balconies. The Summerians wrote about their gods on cunniform tablets.
How did the sumerians control the twin rivers?
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians learned to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals.
Did the Sumerians grow crops?
Yes
What is the process of collecting and supplying water to crops?
Irrigate/irrigation.
What is 70 percent of all fresh water used for?
To irrigate crops
What did farmers in the Indus River build to irrigate crops?
irragation canals
What has the Aswan High Dam allowed Egyptian farmers to do?
To irrigate crops
Why is it a bad idea to irrigate crops with sea water?
The salt which is present in sea water will kill most crops.
What did Sumerians farm?
they farmed lots of crops
