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Monarchy a social order ruled by a king
Demigod the belief that kings were part man and part god
Assyrian Empire The Assyrians were one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times.
Fertile Crescent land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Hammurabi important king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to follow
Babylonian Empire Founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BC, the Babylonians were the first to form an empire that would encompass all of Mesopotamia.
Nebuchadnezzar a king of the Babylonian Empire, who reigned c. 605 BC – 562 BC.
city-state agricultural areas with a walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government led by a king
Sumer one of the world’s first city-states
Polytheism religious belief in more than one god
Domestication change plants and animals to make them useful for humans for work, food, or pets
Cuneiform world’s first writing system from Mesopotamia that used symbols pressed into clay
caste system social structure in which one's class in society is determined by heredity
Irrigation the supplying of water to land by man-made means
social hierarchy ranking of people in a society according to their importance
 



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