lesson 1 Flashcards
a curved region with rich soil in the Middle East where one of the first civilizations developed
Fertile Crescent
an area of flat land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where one of the first civilizations emerged
Mesopotamia
a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia
Uruk
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Kish
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Lagash
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Nippur
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Umma
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Ur
a group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture
civilzation
rich, as in soil
fetile
an area of flat land
plain
an area of high, flat land
plateau
a system of transporting
irrigation
a city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions.
city-state
an area on Earth with common physical features
region