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History Ch2
Term | Definition |
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Civilization | a country or a people who have developed to a great extent the natural abilities that God has given to man. |
irrigation | supplying land with water by means of ditches, channels, or sprinklers |
pictographs | pictures of what the writer was trying to represent |
cuneiform | a form of wedge-shaped writing, where each mark stands for a syllable of a word. |
archaeologists | people who dig up and study the remains of ancient civilizations. |
superstition | a belief that is based on fear and ignorance rather than on the truth. |
ziggurats | tall temples. |
cylinder seal | the most common type of seal in Sumer |
Tower of Babel | the beginning of the different languages of mankind. |