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Ancient Mesopotamia Unit-Chapter 4
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Mesopotamia
In ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Tigris River
One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the
Persian Gulf
Euphrates River
One of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the
Persian Gulf
Sumer
An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
irrigation
a means of supplying land with water
levee
a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
silt
fine particles of rock
city-state
an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government