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The Fertile Crescent
chap 2
Definition | Word |
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A country or a people who have developed to a great extent the natural abilities that god has given to man. | civilization |
Supplying land with water by means of ditches, channels or sprinklers. | irrigation |
A picture of what the writer was trying to represent. | pictographs |
A type of writing with wedge shaped marks standing for a syllable of a word. | cunieform |
People who dig up and study the remains of ancient civilizations. | archaeologist |
A belief that is based on fear and ignorance rather than the truth | superstition |
tall temples built by the Sumerians for worshiping their gods | ziggurats |
place on top of ziggurats where the Sumerians offered sacrifices | altar |
was an instrument used to stamp an article or document proving you "signed" or approved of it... they were unique to each person. These particular seals were in the shape of a cylinder. | cylinder seal |
Built by folks after flood to help keep them together instead of scattering upon the whole earth like God had said... beginning of different languages occurred to make people spread out | Tower of Babel |