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Mesopotamia
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In ancient times the geographic area located the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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Euphrates rivers
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one of the two largest river in southwest Asia that flow from mountains in turkey and 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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one of the two largest rivers in south-west Asia that flow from mountains in turkey to Persian Gulf
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sumer
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an area in 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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