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WL4:City-States Rise
Rise of Sumerian City-States
Term | Definition |
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city-state | an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government |
complex | arranged in a difficult way |
dispute | a strong disagreement |
Euphrates River | one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf |
irrigation | a means of supplying land with water |
layer | a substance that lies between or above other things |
levee | a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks |
maintain | to keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs |
material | a resource that can be used to make something else |
Mesopotamia | in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
silt | fine particles of rock |
Sumer | an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared |
Tigris River | one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf |
construct | to build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house |