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Mesopotamia
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
Nineveh
An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part
Mediterranean
The largest inland sea
Ziggurat
A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
Caspian Sea
A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River
Persian Gulf
A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
Ur
An ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River
Babylon
The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of ___
Irrigation
Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
Euphrates River
A ___ in southwestern Asia
Cuneiform
An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
Wheel
A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes that can rotate on a shaft or axle
Sundial
Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
Hammurabi
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
Assyria
An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
Stylus
A sharp pointed device attached to the cartridge of a record player
Gilgamesh
A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
Scribe
French playwright
City-State
A ___ consisting of a sovereign ___
Levees
A pier that provides a landing place on a river (plural)

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