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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |