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Mesopotamia |
in ancient times the geographic area located between the tigris and Euphrates river
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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 pervent a river from flooding its banks
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silt
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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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irrigation |
a means of supplying land with water
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tigris river
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one of the two largest rivers in southwest asia that flow from mountains in turkey to the persian gulf
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Euphrates river
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one of the two from largest rivers in southwest asia that flow from mountains in turkey to the persian gulf
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