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Mind Map on Mesopotamia, created by iain.rosen on 30/10/2013.

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MesopotamiaThe fertile soil and large source of water from the Tigris andEugphrates River enabled farming in MesopotamiaThe Mesopotamians invented canals to bring the water from the rivers to the differenttowns. In the towns, they would allow certain amounts of water into each part of thecity-state.Farming in Mesopotamia had a lastingcontribution because other people could dodifferent jobs while farmers fed the city-state.Occupational possibilities that arose from asurplus of food were traders, craftsmen,farmers, or preists.The technology needed by the surplus of food were plows that oxen or cattle pulled and corncutters to harvest crops quicklySpecialization to writing has helped in civilizations so the people can keeptrack of their resources and what they tradeArchiology has contributed to our understanding of Sumarion spiritualbeliefs by finding ancient artifacts that show their pride in craftsmanshipThe belief in afterlife is important because people can have a chance to liveon longer after deathThe people of Mesopotamia were willing to pay taxes because they knew it wouldgo to the Preists that supported the king. The king was a human form of the god ofwhich the people of each city-state would warshipDouble click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node