Table of Contents
- 1 What factor allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains?
- 2 What advantage did the people living in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains have for farming?
- 3 What factors made Mesopotamia a difficult environment to live in?
- 4 How did the farmers in the foothills solve some of their farming problems?
- 5 What is the environment of Mesopotamia?
What factor allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains?
Which factor allowed Neolithic people to farm in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains? Goats can live on dry grass. The region had plenty of rain. Shallow canals watered the fields.
What advantage did the people living in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains have for farming?
What advantage did the people living in the foothills of the Zagros mountains have for farming? Mild weather and plentiful. They also had lots of wood and stones to. With this they could set up here.
What helped Mesopotamians farm?
Irrigation helped keep the soil moist, and the river water delivered nutrients to the soil. This moist, nutritious farming soil is what earned the region the nickname “The Fertile Crescent.” Conditions for growing food were so good that the Mesopotamians found themselves with a surplus, or extra, food.
What factors made Mesopotamia a difficult environment to live in?
4.2 Mesopotamia: A Difficult Environment The sun beat down fiercely on the plains between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River. There was little rain. The Mesopotamians were farmers, and farms need water. The rivers brought water to the plains when they flooded, but for most of the year the soil was hard and dry.
How did the farmers in the foothills solve some of their farming problems?
One problem that occurred in the foothills was a food shortage due to an increase in population. To solve it, farmers moved from the foothills to the plains of Sumer, near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What environmental challenges did Mesopotamians face?
What were the three environmental challenges to Sumerians? Unpredictable flooding, no natural barriers for protection, limited resources.
What is the environment of Mesopotamia?
Thousands of years ago Mesopotamia’s weather was semi-arid, with hot summers and sporadic rain. However, the presence of two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, made it humid, fertile and ideal for nomads to start settlements.