55.6 GRZSS GGSS 6.6.2.2. SS.6.6 2.3 SSGER 3.59.68 32, S56634 S561 23.55.6 W.27 1. EVALUATING Preview the lesson by histulating the section Headings and long te present the lesson The First Civilizations in Mesopotamia The Fertile Crescent extended from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf in the 1800s, archeologists found buildings and artifacts beneath sites in the eastern region of this area This was once Mesopotamia, where the earliest civilizations first developed Historians drew the conclusion that the first human setters of Mesopotamia were hunters and herders. They arrived around 7000 8 As agriculture emerged around 4000 ac people began to settle on the plain of the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley People built small farming villages here because there was easy access to water. Around 3000 BC, these farming villages of the river valleys of Mesopotamia developed fato the first civilizations Ancient Mesopotamia, 3000 B. C. How does being aware of the organization of information before teacling help you summarize the contestatter reading? SI WORLD HISTORY