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Mesopotamia was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq.Over population and drought in the mountains surrounding the Tigris & Euphrates river valley drove people to settle there where water from the rivers could sustain them.

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And you know this to be true, because.....
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So it was β€œover population” & β€œdrought” that cause the people of the FIRST CITIES, to migrate to the Euphrates River Plain.
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So, People who had emerged from, I don’t know, A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD, WERE FLEEING BECAUSE OF A DROUGHT & OVER POPULATION, HUH! I THINK YOUR USING THE REDIRECT OF THE CLIMATE RELIGIOUS CULT OF TODAY, TO ANSWER THIS. Or, you’re trolling people, hilar
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There are a number of reasons why the Mesopotamia area was settled. This main reason was the civilization and the trade activities in the area among other things.

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They had water for their crops. The land was very fertile.

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Because it was easy to farm! :) and ot was near the Tigris and Euprates River.

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Where did the sumerians settled?

Mesopotamia


Who was the leader of Mesopotamia when Shem settled there with his family?

If Mesopotamia was where he settled probably him, cause everyone else was killed in the flood.


What were the people who settled in southern Mesopotamia called?

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Land in lower mesopotamia where sumerians settle?

Sumer is the land in lower Mesopotamia where the Sumerians settled.


What descendants of Abraham left Mesopotamia and settled in Canaan?

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Where did the sumerians come from?

It's a mystery they settled in Mesopotamia though.


What are the names of the two groups that settled in Mesopotamia following the Sumerians?

The Assyrians were in Mesopotamia. They were eventually conquered by Media and Babylonia. Babylonia was the next civilization that settled in Mesopotamia. This group was then conquered by the Persians, who extended their empire all the way to Asia Minor, or what is now Turkey.


Who created Mesopotamia?

No one created Mesopotamia. It formed when towns were settled on the fertile lands in between the Tigris and Euphrates river.


Why did Mesopotamia stay in that area?

Mesopotamia Choose To Settle In That Area Because That Area Was Very Fertile!


How long ago did hunter gatherers settle in mesopotamia?

Hunter-gatherers settled in Mesopotamia more than 12,000 years ago.


Land in lower mesopotamia were sumerians settled?

The Sumerians settled in the area where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers joined. It is now in parts of Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait. They were an extremely advanced civilization. No one knows where they came from or why they moved to that area. God ordered Abraham to leave the Sumerian culture and go to The Promised Land.


Who was the Mesopotamia founder?

The peoples who settled the fertile valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.