food+and+farming

In mesopotamia one of the most common crops that they would grow is flax. The flax was used by the mesopotamias for the production of nets, cloth, Iinseed oil,and meal. The Date palms were a very important food source to the Mesopotamians. These palms grew in southern Mesopotamia by the river marshes and supplied fibers, fodder, wood, and rich food. Products from these palms were very important to Mesopotamian trade and help make Mesopotamia a very rich and powerful leader in international trade. (Alexander, Jonas, and Johnny. [] )

Most people in the mesopotamian's would eat two meals a day, exept for the rich people. A lot of people would drink cow's milk, but it would go sour quickly because of the hot climate. A lot of people would cook vegetable stews over meat, because of how expensive the meat was. Most people would drink a lot of beer ( up to one gallon a day. ) Fish was very important for them because of its good protien. They ate a large variety of fruits, such as apples, pears, grapes, figs, quinces, plums, apricots, mulberries, melons, and pomegranates. On special occation they would eat cake's that were made with butter, cheese, dates, flour, and raisins. ( Cobblestone Publishing or Dr.dig, [] )