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Fertile Crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia where the first civilzations began |
silt | a mix 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 consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
empire | land with different territories and people under a single rule |
polytheism | the worship of many gods |
priest | a person who performs religious ceremonies |
social hierarchy | the division of society by rank or class |
cuneiform | the worlds first system of writing;developed in sumer |
pictograph | a picture symbol |
scribe | a writer |
epics | long poems that tell the stories oh heroes |
architecture | the science of building |
ziggurat | a pyramid-shaped temple in sumer |
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 battle |
nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuilt babylon into a beautiful city |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |