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Mesopotmia
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In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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Tigris River
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One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persain Gulf.
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Euphrates River
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One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persain Gulf.
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Sumer
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an area in Southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
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Irrigation
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a means of supplying land with water.
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Levee
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a wall of Earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.
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Silt |
fine particles of rock.
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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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