On the floodplains they raised wheat, barley, and peas.
Mesopotamia (from a Greek term meaning “between rivers”) lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a region that is today part of Iraq. As early as 6500 bc small groups of farmers made their way to the river valleys. These early people of Mesopotamia are known as Ubaidians. On the floodplains they raised wheat, barley, and peas. They cut through the riverbanks so that water for their crops could flow to lower lying soil.