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history section 1-3
vocab words for history for sections 1 thru section 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a large arc of rich or fertile farmland | fertile crescent |
| a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks | silt |
| a way of supplying water to an area of land | irrigation |
| human-made waterways | canals |
| more than needed | surplus |
| type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job | division of labor |
| countryside | rural |
| city | urban |
| consisted of a city and all the countryside around it | city-state |
| one of uruk's kings | gilgamesh |
| akkadian emperor | sargon |
| land with different territories and peoples under a single rule | empire |
| worship of many gods | polytheism |
| people who performed religous ceremonies | priests |
| division of society by rank or class | social heirarchy |
| worlds first system of writing | cuneiform |
| picture symbols | pictographs |
| writer | scribe |
| long poems that tell the stories of heros | epics |
| science of building | architecture |
| pyramid shaped temple tower | ziggurat |