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Social studies
Question | Answer |
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fertil crescent | an area of ritch farmland in soulth aisa whaerethe first cilvilzation |
silt | a mixter of firtle soil and tiny rocks |
irrigation | a way of suplyinging watter to an area of land |
canal | a human made of watterway |
surplus | more of somthing than is needed |
division of labeor | an arrangment in which each worker specializezes in a particular task or job |
rural | a contryside area |
urban | a city area |
city state | a popilation unit consising of a city and its suranding countryside |
empire | land with diffrent territorys and peoples under a singel rule |
polythiesm | th worship of many gods |
priest | a person who peforms religiuos ceremonies |
social hierarchy | the division of socieety by rank class |
cuneiform | the worlds first systm of writting; deveopment in sumer |
piictograph | a picter of symbole |
scribe | a writter |
epics | long pomes that tell the stories of heroes |
architecture | the sienc of building |
ziggurat | a primaid shapeed temple in sumer |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be comdind to form words |
Hammurabi | a babylonianking who made a code of 282 laws |
monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or mpire |
chario | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
Nebuchadnezzar | a famous Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city |
cunieform | the world's first system of writing;developed in Sumer |