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Mesopotamia |
In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Land between the rivers. |
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Euphrates River |
One of the two largest rivers in the Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf. |
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Irrigation |
A means of supplying land with water. |
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Silt |
Fine particles of rock. |
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Tigris River |
One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf. |
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Sumer |
An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared. Environment was low and flat with little rain. |
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Levee |
A wall of Earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks. |
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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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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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Reservior |
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. |
