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Chapter 4
McCann-History Alive! Chap.4
4.1-4.8 | definition |
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Mesopotamia, | -in ancient times,the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, |
city-states | -an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government. |
Sumerians | -ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer. |
Sumer | -an area in the southern part of Mesopotamia,where cities first appeared. |
irrigation systems | -a means of supplying land with water. |
levees | -a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks. |