1. Geography of Mesopotamia
What is Geography?

2. Geography of Mesopotamia
Class Answers:
Geography: The study of Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it. Landforms and Water-forms

3. Geography of Mesopotamia
Landscape of Mesopotamia
Part of The Fertile Crescent, a region in Southwest Asia that was the site of the world’s first civilizations.
Mesopotamia means “land between the two rivers”
Euphrates River
Tigris River

4. Geography of Mesopotamia
Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mesopotamia is in current day Syria and Iraq.

5. Major Geographic Features
(LEQ) What major geographic features were present in and around Mesopotamia?
(LEQ) How did the geography impact the development of the civilization in Mesopotamia?

6. Major Geographic Features
To the north is the Zagros Mountains and Taurus Moutains.
What do these mountains offer to the people of Mesopotamia?
Protection, Source of water for rivers, and Natural Resources

7. Major Geographic Features
To the south is the Syrian Desert.
What does this desert offer to the people of Mesopotamia?
Protection

8. Major Geographic Features
To the west is the Mediterranean Sea and to the east is the Persian Gulf.
What does the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf offer to the people of Mesopotamia?
Food, Travel, Trade, and not for drinking (Salt Water)

9. Major Geographic Features
Two rivers located inside the Fertile Crescent, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What do these two rivers offer to the people of Mesopotamia?
Irrigation, Fertile Soil, Transportation, clay for building,
And Reeds for boats.

10. Major Geographic Features
(LEQ) What major geographic features were present in Mesopotamia?
(LEQ) How did the geography impact the development of the civilization in Mesopotamia?