What where the steps it would take to farm each year in Mesopotamia

Farming in mesopotamia

Buying animals and tools

Buying seeds

You have almost everything they need but to acctualy farm you need seeds so you go to the store or trade or find and harvest seeds to plant food like Wheat, Barley, Cucumbers and Figs that kepps you healthy for years to come.

Plowing

Befor you plant you need to plow the land so the can plant. In the olden days you would use a stick but during the years you would advans to the ox drawn plow.

Irrigation

You need water to keep your plants alive. So you go to the officials and ask to open the canals, so you can get water in your irrigation system. Irrigation is when you make canals close to your crops for the water to run in.

Getting Water

Now that you and the official have the amount of water, you ask the official to opean the river and let the water in the irrigation system. Then you opean the feild and let the water spread.

Taking care

Over the the next period of time you must water the crops often and make shore they have enough sunlight so they dont die. Ceep a good eye on them and make shore they stay healthy.

Harvesting

Threshing

Video of farming

Finding land

They first approch the person who owns the land they want to farm on, then they ask the owner if they can farm on it. They both then

Planting Seeds

Once you have the seeds you have to plant them. You put the seeds in through the thunnel and while you walk up and down your plowed rows the seeds are spread evenly.