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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fertile crescent | an area of rish farmland in southwest asia where the first civilizations began. |
| 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 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 consiting 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 performs religious ceremonies. |
| social hierachy | the divion of society by rank or class. |
| cuneiform | the worlds first system of writing; developed in sumer. |
| pictogragh | 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 summer. |
| alphebet | a set of letters that can be ocmbined to form words. |
| Hammurabi | a babylonian king who made a code of 282 laws. |
| monarch | a ruler of kingdom or empire. |
| chariot | a weeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle. |
| Nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuild babylon into a beatiful city. |