Amsco ap world history chapter 2 Flashcards

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