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sumarians
Question | Answer |
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profesional writers | scribes |
a region in south west Asia that was the site of the worlds first civilization | fertile cresent |
a city in a independent state | city state |
a belief in many gods | polythesim |
story about gods which explains peoples beliefs | myths |
an area of many territories and peoples that is control of one goverment | empire |
center of babylonion empire | babylon |
group of travelers | caravan |
markets | bazaars |
a powerful weapon having a wooden beam mounted on wheels | battering ram |
orginized list of laws | code |
ruled babylonia from about 1792 to 1750 B.C. | hammurabi |
scribes combined symbols to make groups of wedges and lines | cuneiform |
A set of symbols that represents the sounds of language. | alphabet |
a belief in one god | monotheism |
is a time when there is little food that many people starve. | famine |
means to force people to live in another place or country. | exile |