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8 Cards in this Set
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Sumer
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An area in southern Mesopotamia, were cities first appeared
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levee
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A wall of earth built to prevent from flooding its banks
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Tigris river
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One of the two largest rivers in south west Asia that flows from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
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City-State
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An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
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Euphrates
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One of the two largest rivers in south west Asia that flows from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
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Silt
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Fine particals of rocks
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irrigation
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a means of supply land with water
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Mesopotamia
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In ancient times, the geographic
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