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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 |
slit | a mixture of fertil soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
irrigation | away of supplying water to an area of land |
canal | a human made waterway |
supluse | more of something than is needed |
division of labor | an arrangement in which each worker specilizea in a particular task or job |
rural | a countryside area |
urban | a city area |
city state | a political uint consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
polytheism | the worship of many gods |
priest | a person who perfomes religious ceremonies |
social herarchy | the division of soceity by rank or class |
cuneiform | the worlds first system of writing developed sumer |
pictograph | a picturer 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 combined to form words |
hammurabi | a Babylonian king who made a code 282 laws |
monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or empire |
chariot | a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battel |
nuebuchadnezzar | a famous Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful |