MESOPOTAMIA

GEOGRAPHY

• Mesopotamia, or in Greek, it is "land between two rivers".
• The rivers and streams get water by the mountains that make them well fed.
• The temperature can get up to 110 degrees in the summer And, there is
• - very little rain.
• The format of the place is hilly, with plains.

AGRICULTRE

• Because of the little rainfall they had to dig holes that led to
• different plots so they could make fresh soil for crops.
• Because they had droughts little rain and snowfall would cause the
• rivers to lower and make it harder to get water to crops.
• If crops did not grow soon enough people would begin to starve, and die.

differences between our times

• The Santa Fe and the Organ trail were important in Kansas Cities early growth
• Mesopotamia was where civilization begun.
• mesopotamia also started larger scale agriculture
• The Missouri River divides the city into two nearly equal parts;
• the southern half is more heavily built up.

CITATIONS

• historyohya.wikispaces.com
• geography.howstuffwork.com
• t.answers.com
• eduplace.com

CREDITS PAGE

• Natalie Hopkins
• Ethan Campbell
• Alexis White
• Abbie Mckee
• Colton Snyder