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we presented the Indus river.
Mesopotamia:
- greek means between the rivers
- combining of the tigris and euphrates river
- flows through modern iraq
- made up of hills and plains
- fertile due to seasonal rains and stream and flowing
- it is also called the fertile crescent
- includes many countries
- believed in over 3,000 gods
- had ceremonies each month
- hunting, boxing, and wrestling were popular
- women are considered ready for marriage right after puberty
- most girls were brought up from childhood to learn the traditional roles of a mother, wife, etc.
- annual flood unpredictable cam sometime between April and June
- droughts made it hard to water crops, people starved due to crops failing
- built mud walls around their villages for protection
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