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Today in Mr. Schick’s western civilization class, we read a book on the early river valley civilizations from 3500 B.C. to 450 B.C.. The class took notes on the pages they read and afterwards Mr. Schick went over the pages and everyone’s notes. I wrote down Hammurabi’s code which helps hold people responsible for their actions. The text stated that the two rivers, called the Tigris and Euphrates, flowed from the mountains, which is Turkey today, down through Syria and Iraq, and finally to the Persian Gulf. The Fertile Crescent, also known as Mesopotamia meaning “land between the rivers”, was flooded at least once a year by the two rivers it was located in between. As the flood water reduced, it left silt which was used In irrigation for farming. This resulted in large quantities of barley and wheat. Because there was a surplus of food, the civilizations and villages here were able thrive.

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