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SS LESSON1 VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | A crescent shaped region in Western Asia. |
| Mesopotamia | A historic region of Western Asia within the Tigris Euphrates river system. |
| irrigate | supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels. |
| city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. |
| Barter | exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money. |
| Distinct | readily distinguishable by the senses. |
| Polytheism | the belief in or worship of more than one god. |
| Prosper | succeed in material terms; be financially successful. |
| Ziggurats | (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9). |
| Cuneiform | denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets. |
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