Fertile Crescent Essay

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Two rivers that pass through the Fertile Crescent were the Tigris and Euphrates, and the area they pass through was formerly known as Mesopotamia. The word Mesopotamia itself means, “land between two rivers.” Mesopotamia is often referred to as the “cradle of civilization” because, one of the earliest and most influential civilizations was developed, invented many different things that help people now in the present, and the two rivers helped many people recognize new ways to do things.;
The Sumerians, or known as the Sumer Mesopotamia, were mostly short, stock, and black-haired. They were one of the earliest known civilizations and by 3000 BC, many of the villages that were created had grown intro city-states. City-states were self-reliant …show more content…

These two rivers unpredictably flooded often which caused damaged that destroyed lives and property of the people living there. Each spring, the rivers overflow banks and spread rich silt all over the land. The rich soil then made sufficient crops such as beans, olives, grapes, etc. For the first time there was a surplus to feet city workers such as artists, craftsmen, and merchants. The Sumerians then built their villages on fabricated mounts to help protect them from the floods. This is when they learned to make bricks from clay and straw. Considering they were one of the earliest civilizations there was not many materials or information to work with and there were no nations, only small city-states.
In conclusion, Mesopotamia was known as the “cradle of civilization” for many reasons, but the most important reason being how it was essentially the start of everything. The Sumerians had inhabited Mesopotamia and were the first human civilization known, their innovations have made their way from being used in the start of their time in 3000 BC to the present, and the Tigris and Euphrates river helped the start of many new things as

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