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Western World Ch. 5
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland |
| silt | A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks |
| irrigation | A way of supplying water to an area of land |
| canals | Human-made waterways |
| surplus | More than they needed |
| division of labor | The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
| city-state | Consisted of a central city and all the country around it |
| empire | Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
| polytheism | The worship of many gods |
| priests | People who performed or led religious ceremonies |
| social hierarchy | The division of society by rank or class |
| cuneiform | The world's first system of writing |
| pictographs | Picture symbols |
| scribe | Writer |
| epics | Long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| architecture | The science of building |
| ziggurat | A pyramid-shaped temple |
| Hammurabi's Code | A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
| chariot | A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
| alphabet | A set of letters that can be combined to form words |