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A ___ in southwestern Asia
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A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River
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The land between the Tigris and Euphrates
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A shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula
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A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
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Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia
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French playwright
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A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes that can rotate on a shaft or axle
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The largest inland sea
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A pier that provides a landing place on a river (plural)
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An ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
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Timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
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An ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
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Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
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A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero of an epic collection of mythic stories
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An ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part
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