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17 Cards in this Set
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city-state |
early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
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complex
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arranged in a difficult way
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dispute |
a strong disagreement |
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Euphrates River |
one of the two largest rivers in 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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layer |
a substance that lies between or above other things |
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Levee |
a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks |
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Maintaining |
to keep something in good condition through continual repair |
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Material |
a resource that can be used to make something else |
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Mesopotamia |
in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
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Silt |
fine particles of rock |
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Sumer |
environment was low and flat with little rain |
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Tigris River |
one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf |
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Floods |
came from snow melted in the mountain where the river began |
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Moats
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Reservoir |
dashu |
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Zagros |
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