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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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Tigris River |
one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from "the" mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf ,T
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Euphrates River |
one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf ,E
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Sumer |
an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
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Irrigation |
a means of supplying land with water
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Levee |
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 |
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
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Sumer |
Environment was low and flat with little rain
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Floods |
came from snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began |
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Moats |
Sumer constructed these to protect cities from attack |
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Reservoir |
purpose was to store water for later use |
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Zagros |
mountains that lie between the waters of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf-Z |
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Mesopotamia
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Land between the rivers.
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