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14 Cards in this Set
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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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Euphrates Rivers
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One of the two largest rivers in the Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persain 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 the Southwest Asia that flow from mountain in Turkey to the Persain 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 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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Meaopotamia
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Land between the rivers.
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Sumer
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Environment was low and flat with little rain.
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Floods
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Came from snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began.
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Moats
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Sumer constructed these to protect cities from attack.
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Reservoir
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Purpose was to store water for later use.
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Zagros
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Mountains that lie between the waters of the Caspain Sea and the Persain Gulf.
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