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| mesopotamia definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | first civilization located between the tigris & eurphrates rivers in present day iraq; term means "land between the rivers;" sumerian culture | 34 sets | |
| 2 | the land between the tigris and euphrates | 25 sets | |
| 3 | land between the rivers | 14 sets | |
| 4 | an ancient land in southwestern asia; located between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 9 sets | |
| 5 | land between two rivers | 9 sets | |
| 6 | the region between the tigris and euphrates rivers; birthplace of the sumerian and babylonian civilizations. | 8 sets | |
| 7 | land between rivers | 8 sets | |
| 8 | a country in early southwest asia | 8 sets | |
| 9 | the land between the rivers | 7 sets | |
| 10 | "land between the rivers" | 6 sets | |
| 11 | the region between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 6 sets | |
| 12 | the land between two rivers, the tigris and euphrates rivers | 6 sets | |
| 13 | "land between 2 rivers" mesos-,odd;e potam(os)- pertaining to rivers. a civilaization in the fertile cresantt | 5 sets | |
| 14 | the land between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 5 sets | |
| 15 | region within the fertile crescent that lies between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 5 sets | |
| 16 | fertile crescent | 5 sets | |
| 17 | an ancient region in w asia between the tigris and euphrates rivers: now part of iraq | 5 sets | |
| 18 | means between two rivers: tigris and euphrates. these rivers meet in southern iraq. | 4 sets | |
| 19 | the harappans traded with the peoples of | 4 sets | |
| 20 | the land between two rivers | 4 sets | |
| 21 | hammurabi, sargon of akkad, no natural barriers, babylonian empire, ur, invented wheel, fertile crescent | 4 sets | |
| 22 | an ancient region between the tigris and euphrates rivers in southwest asia | 4 sets | |
| 23 | where mankind started, (land between two rivers), | 4 sets | |
| 24 | cradle of civilization | 4 sets | |
| 25 | "land between rivers" | 4 sets | |
| 26 | greek word meaning land between the rivers | 4 sets | |
| 27 | region in southwest asia which lay between 2 rivers and was well suited for farming. | 3 sets | |
| 28 | means "between the rivers" in greek | 3 sets | |
| 29 | region in which the early village developed into the world's first civilization because of the the plentiful food and population growth. | 3 sets | |
| 30 | the land "between the rivers" | 3 sets | |
| 31 | between the rivers | 3 sets | |
| 32 | land between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 3 sets | |
| 33 | the "land between the rivers" | 3 sets | |
| 34 | area between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 3 sets | |
| 35 | an ancient region in west asia between the tigris and euphrates rivers | 3 sets | |
| 36 | "land between two rivers" | 3 sets | |
| 37 | aka (the land "between two rivers") those two rivers are the tigris and the euphrates. the creators of this civilization are the sumerians they made it in 3,000 bc very religious, viewed gods as living realities who affected all aspects of life. each city-state in this culture was sacred and linked to a diety | 3 sets | |
| 38 | between rivers | 3 sets | |
| 39 | literally "between the rivers"; the civilizations that arose in the alluvial plain of the tigris-euphrates river valleys. | 3 sets | |
| 40 | an ancient region of southwest asia between the tigris and euphrates rivers in modern-day iraq | 3 sets | |