Mesopotamia

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Because the n climate didn’t have rain for almost eight months of the year and the flood stage was so late in the season, it was essential to prepare dikes and levees to protect the fields.3 Irrigation is the artificial watering of land to sustain plant growth by diverting water from it’s source to the field, providing not too much nor too little moisture. Irrigation expands the amount of arable land and the production of food throughout the world.4 Whenever man irrigates, they do it to conform to the limitations of ecological circumstances.5 Although irrigation initially extended the life of the land, after a period of time the progressive salt accumulation of the irrigated land cuts down it’s yield and it may be necessary to relocate the agricultural territories.6 However, the Old Babylonians found that they could extend the life of the salty soil through crop rotation, overcoming the harsh soil conditions and managing to grow different crops and agriculture.7 Irrigation is one ...

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predict the reoccurrence of the growing season with more accuracy.10 This is an example of an economic development that was influenced by ’s climate and geography. If ’s growing season hadn’t been so hard to predict because of its short length of time, the Lunar Calendar would probably not have been developed in .
Another n development, was the development of the wheel for transport. This occurred between 3500-3000 B.C.E. Wheeled vehicles are believed to have appeared after the invention of the potter’s wheel, and the wheeled cart replaced the sledge as a means of transportation.11 In it’s simplest form, the wheel was a solid wooden disk mounted on a round axle, to which it was secured ...

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