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navigable
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deep and wide enough to allow ships to pass
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Renaissance
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a great period of art and learning that began in Italy in the 1300s
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graben
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an area of land that has dropped down between faults
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tsunami
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giant sea wave
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sirocco
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hot, dry winds from northern Africa
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seismic activity
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earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
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dry farming
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leaves land unplanted every one or two years in order to gather moisture
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subsidence
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a geological phenomenon in which the ground in an area sinks
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inhabitable
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able to support permanent residents
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hub
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central point of concentrated activity and influence
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