1. The Rise of Sumerian City-States
Chapter 4

2. Mesopotamia
The geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

3. Tigris River/Euphrates River
Two of the largest rivers in Southwest Asia
Flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

4. Sumer
An area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared

5. irrigation A means of supplying land with water
i.e. canals, ditches, reservoirs

6. levee
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

7. silt
Fine particles of rock

8. city-state
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government