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Mesopotamia
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in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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Euphrates River
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The first largest river in Southwest Asia that flow form mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
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Irrigation
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a means of supplying land with water
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Silt
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fine particles of rock
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Tigris River
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The second largest river in Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
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Sumer
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an area in the southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
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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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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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Floods |
come from melted snow in the mountains where the rivers began |
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Moats |
sumer Constructed these to protect cities from attack |
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Resevoir |
purpose was to store water for later |
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Zagros |
mountains that lie between the waters of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf |
