Current US Poverty Statistics. Income i. ï· The federal poverty line is $11,892 for individuals and $23,836 for a family of four. ï· The official poverty rate is 14.5%, meaning 45.3 million people in the US live in poverty, up by over 8 million since. 2008. An additional 97.3 million (33%) of people living in the United States are low-income, defined as incomes. below twice the federal poverty line, or $47,700 for a family of four.
Mesopotamia, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq, is often considered the cradle of civilization. It was here that civilization, characterized by cities, monumental architecture, and writing, began to develop about 7,000 years ago.
They also used bronze to make tools. Their temples are called ziggurats, which became a model for later civilizations. Big irrigation projects, such as digging canals and ditches to bring water from the Tigris and the Euphrates, are other major accomplishments. Key Terms: writing, irrigation, ziggurats 2. Hittites They used compound bows and the bow-armed chariots, which was the highest tech weapons system of its day.