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Mesopotamia: |
in ancient times the geographic area located in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
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Euphrates: |
One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from 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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Tigris river: |
one of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from mountains in turkey to the Persian gulf. |
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Sumer: |
an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared. |
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Levee: |
a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks. |
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City State: |
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government |