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social studies
Question | Answer |
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fertile crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia where the first civilizations. |
silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks 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 then 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 its surronding countryside. |
empire | land with diffrent territories and peoples under a single rule. |
polytheism | the worship of many gods. |
priest | a person who performs religous ceremonies. |
social hierarchy | the divison of society by rank or class. |
cuneiform | the worlds first system of writting;developed in summer. |
pictograph | a picture symbol. |
scribe | a writer. |
epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes. |
architecture | a science of building. |
ziggurat | a pyramid-shaped temple in summer. |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form a word. |
Hammurabi | a Babylonian king who made a code of 282 laws. |
monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or empire. |
chariot | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in a battle. |
Nebuchadenezzar | a famous Chaldean kin who rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city |