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Question | Answer |
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fertile crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia where the first civilizations began |
silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
irrigation | a eay of supplying water of an area of land |
canal | a human-made waterway |
surplus | more of something than is needed |
division of labor | an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
rural | a countryside area |
urban | a city area |
city-state | a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
empire | land with differnt territories and peoples under a single rule |
polytheism | the worship of many gods |
priest | a person who performs religious ceremonies |
social hierarchy | the divison of society by rank or class |
cuneiform | the worlds first system of writing;developed in summer |
pictograph | a picture symbol |
scribe | a writer |
epics | long poems that tells the stories of heros |
architecture | the science of building |
ziggurat | a pyramid shaped temple in sumer |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
hammurabi | a babylonian king who made a codeof 282 laws |
monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or empire |
chariot | a wheeled,horse-drawn cart used in battle |
nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuilt babylon into a beautiful city |