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Question | Answer |
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Fertile Crescent | An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began. |
Silt | A mixture of fertle soil and tiny rockss that can make land ideal for farming. |
Irrigation | 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 witch 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 its surrounding countryside. |
Empire | Land with different terrortories and peoples under a single rule. |
Polytheism | the worship of many gods. |
Priest | A person who performs religous ceremonies. |
Social Hierarchy | The division of socity by rank or class. |
Cuneiform | The world's first system of writing; developed in Sumer. |
Pictograph | A picture symbol. |
Scribe | A writer. |
Epics | Long poems that tell the stories of heroes. |
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 Byblonian king who made a code of 282 laws. |
Monarch | A ruler of a kingdom or empire. |
Chariot | A wheeled,horse drawn art used in a battle. |
Nebuchadnezzar | A famous Chaldean king who rebult Babylon into a beautiful city. |