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Chapter 4
History Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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City -State | An early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government |
Silt | Fine particles of Rock |
Levee | A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks |
Irrigation system | A means of supplying land with water;this often served the needs of several communities |
Sumerians | Ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer |
Sumer | An area of Mesopotamia where cities first started to appear |
Tigris River | One of the largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains of Turkey to the Persian Gulf |
Euphrates River | The longest river in South west Asia that flows from the mountains of Turkey to the Persian Gulf, a water source to rich fertile soil for farmers |
Mesopotamia | The geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, it means the land between the rivers |