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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |