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6388926640SumeriansA group of namatic people that migrated to Mesopotamia, alongside people already living there.0
6388936101MesopotamiaThe Area between the Tigris and Euphrates river, in southwest Asia.1
6388972757The Tigris and Euphrates riverThese rivers flow south from modern day turkey through what is now Iraq to empty into the Persian gulf. (southwest Asia)2
6388978859MesopotamiaBetween two rivers3
6388981322The cradle of civilizationMesopotamia's land has been the birthplace of many anchient civilizations it is called this.4
6388990124The Fertile CrescentOverlaps Mesopotamia, and also includes an area to the west along the Mediterranean coast.5
6388999374Frequent floodingThe Tigris and Euphrates river have this agricultural benifiet, this natural, periodic phenomenon left deposits of silt which made soil very fertile.6
6389032061SumerSumerians who migrated to Mesopotamia, built cities, canals to carry river water to fields, and dams to control the rivers unpredictable flooding. First complex gov. To take care of these tasks.7
6389066219UrakThe largest city in Sumer, home to 10,000 people. Most people in the city were farmers, who made daily trips to the country side to work the fields.8
6389091424City statesEach Sumerian city and the land it controlled formed this, which typically covered several hundred square miles.9
6389100293KingSumerians could become kings by being military leaders10

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