Farming in Mesopotamia

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