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Mesopotamia:

in ancient times the geographic area located in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Euphrates:

One of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from mountains in turkey to the Persian gulf.

Irrigation:

a means of supplying land with water.

Silt:

fine particles of rocks.

Tigris river:

one of the two largest rivers in southwest Asia that flow from mountains in turkey to the Persian gulf.

Sumer:

an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.

Levee:

a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.

City State:

an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government