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Term | Definition |
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civilization | the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced |
canal | artificial waterway for boats or for draining or irrigating land |
code | a collection of laws arranged in some orderly way |
flooding | covering, or filled with water |
Fertile Crescent | a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
irrigation | supplying with water by artificial means |
job specialization | an unwritten agreement within a community under which the members most suited perform that occupation |
Indus River Valley | major river valley in Asia which flows through what is today Pakistan |
Mesopotamia | the land between two rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) |
law | a rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the government |
scribes | a class of scholars and copiers who were central to the functioning of government, the army and the priesthood |
polytheism | belief in many gods/goddesses |
social pyramid | shows the levels of each social class in terms of importance |
temple | a building for worship |
prehistory | time period before written records |