Farming in Mesopotamia
Across
- 1. When irrigation ditches were not maintained, a large ____ shortage would ensure.
- 4. The farmers produced extra crops and this allowed for growth of cities, towns, and ____________.
- 7. In Mesopotamia when farming the farmers needed to know _____(number) important thing to keep their crops alive.
- 8. Farmer grew most of their plants here
- 10. This form of writing was first used when farmers recorded farm surpluses.
- 12. Caused many problems with the man-made irrigation systems.
- 14. Timing of these were in the late spring or early summer.
- 15. This was inside of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and made it hard for the plants to grow.
Down
- 2. Silt is a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and _________ by a river.
- 3. Most common crop grown in Mesopotamia
- 5. A system of supplying (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, especially to promote the growth of food crops
- 6. These did not reach into the soil because of the small amount of rainfall.
- 9. These caused difficulty in growing crops.
- 11. Water from these didn't help the crops grow
- 13. Barley could be made into flour for bread,made into ____, or fermented and turned into beer.