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 Mesopotamia 101

Mesopotamia 101
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     challenging words:    banking, calculation, cuneiform, dated, pushcart, sledge, wedge-shaped, zodiac, thoughts, atop, marking, fortune, culture, seconds, impossible, roller
     content words:    Southwest Asia

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Mesopotamia 101
By Vickie Chao 		  
1     Do you know where the world's oldest culture was?
 
2     It was at a place called "the land between the rivers."
 
3     Thousands of years ago, people came across an open field in Southwest Asia. They liked the area a lot. One reason was because its soil was very rich. It was great for farming. Another reason was because it had two large rivers nearby.

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