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fertile crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia were the first cigvilizations began. |
silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
canal | a human_ made waterway |
surplus | more of somethintg than is needed |
division of labor | an arrangement which each worker specializies in a particular task or job |
rural | a country side area |
urban | a city area |
city state | a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
empire | land with diffrent territories and peoples under a single rule |
polytheism | the worship of many gods |
priest | a person who preforms religious ceremonies |
social hierarchy | the division of society by rank or class |
cuneiform | the worlds first system of writting developed in sumer |
pictograph | a picture symbole |
scribe | a writer |
epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
architecture | the sience of building |
ziggurat | a pyramid shaped temple in sumer |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
Hammurabi | a bablonian king who made a code of 282 laws |
monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or emire |
chariot | a weeled, horse drawn cart used in a battle |
Nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuilt babylon into a beautiful city |