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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fertile crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia were the first cigvilizations 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 somethintg than is needed |
| division of labor | an arrangement which each worker specializies in a particular task or job |
| rural | a country side area |
| urban | a city area |
| city state | a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
| empire | land with diffrent territories and peoples under a single rule |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| priest | a person who preforms religious ceremonies |
| social hierarchy | the division of society by rank or class |
| cuneiform | the worlds first system of writting developed in sumer |
| pictograph | a picture symbole |
| scribe | a writer |
| epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| architecture | the sience of building |
| ziggurat | a pyramid shaped temple in sumer |
| alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
| Hammurabi | a bablonian king who made a code of 282 laws |
| monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or emire |
| chariot | a weeled, horse drawn cart used in a battle |
| Nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuilt babylon into a beautiful city |