SS CH 4 Mesopotamia
  
  
  
    
      
      
    
  
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            Mesopotamia is located in the 
          
        
          Middle East or Near East
        
      
 
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            Mesopotamia is also referred to as the 
          
        
          Fertile Crescent
        
      
 
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            The area Fertile Crescent  is referred to that name because of the area's
          
        
          fertile soil and its shape
        
      
 
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            The Fertile Crescent was created by two rivers
          
        
          Tigrus River  & Euphrates River
        
      
 
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            The Tigris River and Euphrates Rivers flooded annually, depositing ______  into the riverbeds around them
          
        
          silt 
        
      
 
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            This silt helped to ________________the land
          
        
          fertilize
        
      
 
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            ___________developed the first civilization in the world
          
        
          Mesopotamia