Our organization Nature Iraq does really important work to support the Mesopotamian Marshlands. Our work has changed the environment for the better. For thousands of years, the marshlands influenced the culture by providing the people of the marshlands with their needs to survive. From the reading it said, the marshlands provided people with fresh water to drink which gives them the opportunity to trade goods. Also the marshlands provided the people with reeds to build their homes and to cook food. They can even hunt because the marshlands are a perfect habitat for mammals, fish, and birds to live. The marshlands also gives people the opportunity to have a job. Some of the jobs in the marshlands were fishing, construction ( the builders),
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In the video at 1 minute and 13 seconds it said, “people used the reeds for wood in their ovens.” The people in the marshlands that choose fishing as their occupation went fishing and sold the fish in the market or cooked it for their family. From the website Mudhif houses capture spirit of Iraq it said, Construction workers tie reeds about 10 meters long together and then they shape them into huge parabolic arches. Then the mats are tied over and put in columns, forming a roof. “Finally, reed lattice panels are attached to the sides.” The mesopotamian marshlands played an important role in the lives of the people who lived in that environment. In the 1980s, Saddam Hussein changed the geography by burning the reeds and building canals to drain the water out of the marshlands, which changed the culture by leaving the people of the marshlands with a drought and by changing their way of life. Therefore people couldn’t hunt, trade goods, drink fresh water, build structures, and have jobs. Saddam Hussein left the people of the marshlands devastated and miserable. After Saddam Hussein changed the marshlands into a drought the population dropped from 250,000 to just 1,000 as stated in the text. The marshlands size also shrunk to 10 percent of its normal
In the video at 1 minute and 13 seconds it said, “people used the reeds for wood in their ovens.” The people in the marshlands that choose fishing as their occupation went fishing and sold the fish in the market or cooked it for their family. From the website Mudhif houses capture spirit of Iraq it said, Construction workers tie reeds about 10 meters long together and then they shape them into huge parabolic arches. Then the mats are tied over and put in columns, forming a roof. “Finally, reed lattice panels are attached to the sides.” The mesopotamian marshlands played an important role in the lives of the people who lived in that environment. In the 1980s, Saddam Hussein changed the geography by burning the reeds and building canals to drain the water out of the marshlands, which changed the culture by leaving the people of the marshlands with a drought and by changing their way of life. Therefore people couldn’t hunt, trade goods, drink fresh water, build structures, and have jobs. Saddam Hussein left the people of the marshlands devastated and miserable. After Saddam Hussein changed the marshlands into a drought the population dropped from 250,000 to just 1,000 as stated in the text. The marshlands size also shrunk to 10 percent of its normal