6388926640 | Sumerians | A group of namatic people that migrated to Mesopotamia, alongside people already living there. | 0 | |
6388936101 | Mesopotamia | The Area between the Tigris and Euphrates river, in southwest Asia. | 1 | |
6388972757 | The Tigris and Euphrates river | These rivers flow south from modern day turkey through what is now Iraq to empty into the Persian gulf. (southwest Asia) | 2 | |
6388978859 | Mesopotamia | Between two rivers | 3 | |
6388981322 | The cradle of civilization | Mesopotamia's land has been the birthplace of many anchient civilizations it is called this. | 4 | |
6388990124 | The Fertile Crescent | Overlaps Mesopotamia, and also includes an area to the west along the Mediterranean coast. | 5 | |
6388999374 | Frequent flooding | The Tigris and Euphrates river have this agricultural benifiet, this natural, periodic phenomenon left deposits of silt which made soil very fertile. | 6 | |
6389032061 | Sumer | Sumerians 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 | |
6389066219 | Urak | The 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 | |
6389091424 | City states | Each Sumerian city and the land it controlled formed this, which typically covered several hundred square miles. | 9 | |
6389100293 | King | Sumerians could become kings by being military leaders | 10 |
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