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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Cresent | a large arc of rich or fertile farm land |
| silt | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks |
| irrigation | way of supplying water to an area of land |
| canals | human made water ways |
| surplus | more than needed |
| division of labor | type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
| rural | country side |
| urban | city |
| city-state | consisted of a city and all the countryside around it |
| empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
| polytheism | worship of many gods |
| priests | people who performed religious ceremonies |
| social hierarchy | division of society by rank or class |
| cuneiform | world`s first system of writing |
| pictographs | picture symbols |
| scribe | writer |
| epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| architecture | science of building |
| ziggurat | pyramid shaped temple tower |
| monarch | ruler of kingdom or empire |
| hammurabi`s code | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
| chariot | wheel horse drawn cart used in battle |
| alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |