All Maps You Create Must Have A Title A Compass Rose A legend The Only Items on your desk should be Note taking materials (pencil, paper) Self createed map of Mesopotamia Geography of Mesopotamia Fertile Crescent Crescent shaped region containing moist and fertile land Often called the cradle of civilization Saw the development of some of the earliest human civilizations Mesopotamia Land between the rivers The Tigris and Euphrates rivers often flooded during the spring The floods left a very fertile mud called silt Flat swampy region Absolute Location 33.7 N, 43.5 E What makes the location ideal? Northern Mesopotamia Hills Plains Fertile land due to seasonal rains Streams flow from Zagros Mountains Many raw materials Timber Metals Stone Add Zagros Mountains To Warm-Up Map Southern Mesopotamia Marshy areas Dry plains Tigris River Fast flowing Euphrates River Easily navigable Farmers learned to control the flooding Used to irrigate fields Annual Rainfall in Mesopotamia Vegetation Wild Grain in Mesopotamia