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fertile crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia where the frist civilzations began |
silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
irrigaton | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
canal | a human made water way |
surplus | more of something than is needed |
division of labor | an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particlar task or job |
ruarl | a countryside area |
urban | a city area |
city state | a politcal unit consisting of a city and it surrounding countryside |
empire | land with different territories and pepole under a same rule |
polytheism | the worship of many gods |
priest | a person who perorm religious ceremonies |
social hierarchy | the divion of a society by rank or class |
cuneiform | the world frist system of writing develoed in sumer |
pictograph | a picture symbol |
scribe | a writer |
epics | long poems that tell 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 of 282 laws |
monarch | a ruler of a kingdom |
chariot | a wheeled hourse drawn cart used in battle |
nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuild babylon into a beautiful city |