lesson 1 the fertile crescent 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
Mesopamia
a large Sumerian city-state in Mesoptamia
Uruk
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Kish
an early city-state in Mesopotamia
Lagash
an early city-state in Mesopotmia
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
civilization
rich, as in soil
fertile
an area of flat land
plain
an epidemic of an often fatal disease
plateau
a system of transporting water to crops
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 phyisical features
region
