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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. |