Transcript The Need for Irrigation, The Ubaid Culture, From City to

The Need for Irrigation, The Ubaid
Culture, From City to Civilization
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The Need for Irrigation
1. State 3 problems that led to the need for irrigation
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a. The annual flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
could not be counted on to water the farmer’s crops.
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b. The floods were unpredictable and floodwaters often
rushed over the land, destroying crops and livestock as
well as sweeping away villages.
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c. While Northern Mesopotamia received enough rainfall,
southern Mesopotamia did not. People in this hot, dry
climate had to deal with frequent droughts. The heat of
the sun baked the clay soil.
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2. What are the 4 ways people used irrigation?
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1. People dug canals to carry water from the rivers to the
land.
2. Stored water in areas of low land called basins to supply
them with water in times of drought.
3. To protect their lands from floods, they put up dikes, or
walls of dirt, along riverbanks.
4. They also built dams to help control the flow of water.
Canals
Dams
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3. What happened because of the surplus of crops that
developed?
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With more than enough food, these early people
developed new, more complex cultures.
1. Ubaid Culture – Comparison Chart
Early Culture
Later Culture
1. People lived simply at first,
raising just enough crops to
survive.
1. People built more advanced
irrigation systems and
produced surpluses of crops.
2. They used stone hoes to
work their fields and clay
sickles to harvest their wheat
and barley crops.
2. Simple life gave way to one
that required rules and
organization.
3. The Ubaid people lived
close to their fields in huts
made of reeds and mud.
3. Leaders were needed, and
one person in each community
served as village chief.
4. They worshipped gods in
small, one room temples.
4. Began living in larger homes
and building larger temples to
honor their many gods.
5. By about 4500 B.C., this
ancient culture had spread
across much of the Fertile
Crescent.
5. Began creating pottery.
Boats carried the pottery and
other trade goods to villages
throughout the region.
2. Ubaid Culture - Timeline
5000 B.C.
4500 B.C.
First known settlement is This ancient culture had
southern Mesopotamia is spread across much of
formed (Ubaid culture)
the Fertile Crescent.
4000 B.C.
A more advanced culture
developed from the
Ubaid Culture.
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3. Why is the legacy of the Ubaid culture important?
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The Ubaid culture formed the foundation for the
civilization that eventually developed in southern
Mesopotamia.
From City to Civilization
1. Who formed a civilization after the Ubaid culture?
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The Sumerians
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2. What was necessary for the development of first cities?
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Using agricultural techniques to produce food surpluses,
some villages emerged as the first cities.
Wrap up
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How did early people control water?
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Why is the Ubaid Culture is significant to the history of
Mesopotamia?
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How were farming villages were able to develop?