Aim: How did the Fertile Crescent affect the people of Mesopotamia?
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Aim: How did the Fertile Crescent affect the people of Mesopotamia? Do Now: What is irrigation?
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Aim: How did the Fertile Crescent affect the people of Mesopotamia?. Do Now: What is irrigation?. Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is the world oldest civilization. The Greeks called this river valley Mesopotamia, meaning “ Land between 2 rivers .”. Land Between 2 Rivers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Mesopotamia
• Mesopotamia is the world oldest civilization.• The Greeks called this river valley
Mesopotamia, meaning “Land between 2 rivers.”
Land Between 2 Rivers
• Both rivers flow into the Persian Gulf.
• This region formed a strip of rich, well watered land called the Fertile Crescent.