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Mesopotamia
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- 1GEOGRAPHYEarth’s surface, atmosphere, and features
- 2AGRICULTUREGrow/harvest crops, raising animals
- 3DOMESTICATIONAdapting wild plants and animals for human use
- 4FERTILE CRESCENTCrescent-shaped region of the Middle East that was home to some of the earliest human civilizations
- 5ARCHAEOLOGYStudy of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.
- 6TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERlarge river system in modern-day western Asia
- 7IRRIGATION SYSTEMThe system in which water is supplied to the entire field uniformly.
- 8TAMEto modify the behavior of a wild-born animal
- 9LEVEESnatural or artificial wall that blocks water from going where we don't want it to go
- 10SCRIBEa term for someone that works to make written copies of documents
- 11CATTLEDomesticated hoofed mammals such as cows, bulls, oxen, or calve
- 12CUNEIFORMsystem of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia
- 13IRAQ
- 14EGYPT
- 15SURPLUSan extra amount of something
(food, cloth, etc)
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- Mesopotamia Flashcards
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- Sabrina Taveras · Feb 2021
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