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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fertile crescent | an area of rich farmland in southwest asia where the frist civilzations began |
| silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
| irrigaton | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| canal | a human made water way |
| surplus | more of something than is needed |
| division of labor | an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particlar task or job |
| ruarl | a countryside area |
| urban | a city area |
| city state | a politcal unit consisting of a city and it surrounding countryside |
| empire | land with different territories and pepole under a same rule |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| priest | a person who perorm religious ceremonies |
| social hierarchy | the divion of a society by rank or class |
| cuneiform | the world frist system of writing develoed in sumer |
| pictograph | a picture symbol |
| scribe | a writer |
| epics | long poems that tell the stories of heros |
| architecture | the science of building |
| ziggurat | a pyramid shaped temple in sumer |
| alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
| hammurabi | a babylonian king who made of 282 laws |
| monarch | a ruler of a kingdom |
| chariot | a wheeled hourse drawn cart used in battle |
| nebuchadnezzar | a famous chaldean king who rebuild babylon into a beautiful city |