The sailboat

By: Benson

• The sailboat is used for many things, but the most important one is for transporting goods.
• It is powered by air. The air pushes against the leather made sail.
• The boat doesn’t  need to be taken apart.

Mesopotamia drawing in colored pencils

• This picture shows where Mesopotamia is around close up.
• The red lines show where the present day borders are.
• The blue I the water.
• The brown shows the mountains.

World map with circle shows

where Mesopotamia is

By: Benson

• This map shows where Mesopotamia is
• It is the one with the circle around the bottom of present day Asia.
• It is around present day Iraq.

Pictures of the Trade Routes

• The picture with the purple lines on the world map shows where the trade routes where around.
• The routes go into around present day South Asia.
• The trade routes also go into present day Northern Africa.
• They also go North where Mesopotamia is.

Mesopotamian Bodies of Water

By:Rahul

• There are many Mesopotamian Bodies of Water.

• The Persian Gulf is 989 kilometers in length.

• The Persian Gulf is 370 km in width.

• The Mediterranean Sea is 2,400 miles in length.

• The Mediterranean Sea is Northwest of every city-states.

• The Euphrates River is 2,800 kilometers in length.

• The Euphrates River flows into the Persian Gulf.

• The Tigris River is 1,900 kilometers or 1,150 miles long.

• The Tigris River also flows into the Persian Gulf.

Trading Disadvantages

 By: Matthew

• By land, thieves stole while asleep or when not paying attention (cloth)
• By water, pirates stile water, food
• Brought too little water to drink (by water)
• Trading route were long

Bodies of Water

• Water is good for drinking (rivers)

• Good for trading (metals, gems)

• Fishing for food

• Irrigation for watering plants

Topical

By: Iris

• Sumer has good land for farming.
• Every year the Euphrates and Tigris river would flood.
• When the water drained, it left a fresh layer of soil.
• Even though floods bring soil, it can bring great danger.
• In years of heavy floods, it could wipe out a village.
• Beyond the region are deserts.
• There could be no rain for month.
• Because there would be no rain, the plants would wither away and die.

Trade Routes To Sumer

By: Rahul

• People from Sumer Needed many necessary items.
• The people who lived in the mountains needed wheat, barley, exactly what the Sumerians needed.
• The people from the mountains came down the Tigris or Euphrates River in a guffa or a riverboat to trade their goods.
• A guffa is a round, circular, small boat.
• If you wanted to trade your goods, you would put your put your goods in the guffa, sit in it and follow the water currents downstream.
• Once you got down, you would take apart the guffa and walk back upstream.
• My picture shows a man from Ashur traveling down a river in a guffa.