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Fertile Crescent   an area of rich farmland in southwest asia where the first civilzations began  
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silt   a mix of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming  
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irrigation   a way of supplying water to an area of land  
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canal   a human-made waterway  
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surplus   more of something than is needed  
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division of labor   an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job  
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rural   a countryside area  
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urban   a city area  
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city-state   a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside  
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empire   land with different territories and people under a single rule  
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polytheism   the worship of many gods  
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priest   a person who performs religious ceremonies  
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social hierarchy   the division of society by rank or class  
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cuneiform   the worlds first system of writing;developed in sumer  
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pictograph   a picture symbol  
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scribe   a writer  
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epics   long poems that tell the stories oh heroes  
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architecture   the science of building  
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ziggurat   a pyramid-shaped temple in sumer  
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hammurabi   a babylonian king who made a code of 282 laws  
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monarch   a ruler of a kingdom or empire  
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chariot   a wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle  
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nebuchadnezzar   a famous chaldean king who rebuilt babylon into a beautiful city  
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alphabet   a set of letters that can be combined to form words  
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