Sumer Flashcard

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An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government.

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City-State

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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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Tigris River

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a means of supplying land with water

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Irrigation

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a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

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Levee

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In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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Mesopotamia

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fine particles of rock

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Silt

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An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.

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Sumer

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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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Euphrates River