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14 Cards in this Set
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Mesoptaimia
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in ancient times, the geographic area located between Tigris and Europhates rivers
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Tigris River
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one of the largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flows from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf
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Sumer
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an area in southern Mesopotamia , where cites first appeared
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Euphrates River
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one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the 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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levee
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a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
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silt
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fine particles of rocks
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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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Mesopotamia |
land between the rivers |
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sumer |
environment was low and flat with little rain |
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floods |
came from snow melted in the mountain where the rivers began |
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reservoir |
purpose was to store water for later use |
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moats |
sumer constructed these to protect cities from attack |
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zagros |
mountains that lie between the waters of the caspian sea and the persian gulf |
