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Mesopotamia Location: Tigris River and Euphtates River, Southwest Asia- modern day Iraq Culture: Men+Momen worked, farming society Goegrophy: Curve Shape, Flat swampy land, rich oil, desert climate, "mesopotamia"- means ( land between the rivers ) Religion: They were Polythesin, which means they believe in many gods. Economy/Agriculture: Traded grain, cloth, they recieved stone, wood, and also metal, They grew wheat, barly, and sorghom, and they inhanced idea through trade. Time Period: 4500 B.C. people began farming, 3300 B.C. Sumer began Challenges: they had unpredictable floods/ but they needed water for crops, Their natural rescorces were limeted, They built an irragation ditch,They had little rain and mostly dessert, and they had no natural barriers War/Military Defense: build city walls, constant war between city states, it was hard to defend because it has no natural barriers, the men picked the strongest man to lead them in time of war, they had a spread culture Institusions: Citystates, They were independant, they had a selfgoverning