Geography
Location
In order to get a good understanding of Sumeria and its significance, you must have an understanding of the time and the surounding areas. Sumeria is located in Mesopotamia, in the fertile Cresent. Mesopotamia comes from Greek meaning "land between rivers". The rivers being the Tigris and Euphrates, both very infulential in the shaping of the earths oldest known civilization. Mesopotamia is divided into two parts: upper mesopotamia and sumer. Mesopotamia as a whole had few natural boundries, and the fact that it was perfect for farming lead to more people and more conflict. Plus the climate was not very good to its people. It barely rained and the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded usually at inoppurtune times like when the food is about to be harvnested. The flip side to this is that it forced its inhabitants to either fight to the death or progress. The people in Sumeria had to make new technology and methods to coup with their enviorments. Also with an increase in people you had to develop a more stable government. In short, mesopotamia was a tempting prize if you could inovate and learn to live with it which is what made nations that could, such as the Sumerians, very powerful and impressive. |
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