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mesopotamia |
in ancient times the geographic area located between the Tigris Euphrates rives . |
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Euphrates |
one of the two largest rivers in the Southwest Asia that flows from the mountains in turkey to the Persian gulf. |
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irrigation |
a means of supplying land with water |
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silt |
fine particles of rocks |
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tigress |
one of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flows from the mountains of turkey to the Persian gulf |
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Sumer |
an area in southern Mesopotamia where cites first appeared . |
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levee |
a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding
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city-state |
an early city that was like a small independent country which had its own laws and government |
