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Fertgile Crescent | an area of rich farmland in the Southwest Asia where the first civilisations began. |
Silt | a mixture of fertiles soil and tiny rocks that can mke land ideal for farming. |
Irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land. a way of supplying water to 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 a surrounding countryside. |
Empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule. |
Polytheism | the worship of many gods. |
Preist | a person who performs religious ceremonies. |
Social hierarchy | the division of society by rank or class. |
Cuneiform | the world's first system of writing ;developed in sumer. |
Pictogragh | a picture symbol. |
Scribe | a writer. |
Epics | long poems that tell the stories of hero. |
Architecture | the science of building . |
Ziggurat | a pyrimid-shaped temple in sumer. |
Alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words. |