Agriculture in Mesopotamia
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Objective
I can describe what crops Mesopotamians grew and why farming was important to them.
Part 1 of 3
Warm-up video
National Geographic · 4:10Vetted channel
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Part 2 of 3
Practice
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What made Mesopotamia a good place for agriculture to develop?
Although the video doesn't specifically name crops, what can you infer about the types of crops Mesopotamians might have grown, based on the description of the land and rivers?
Part 3 of 3
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“Based on what you learned in the video, explain why farming was so important to the people living in Mesopotamia. The video says Mesopotamia was a good place for agriculture. What three things made it ideal for farming? ”
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