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Vocabulary Cards

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Agriculture   The process of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock  
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Artisan   A skilled crafts worker who makes things by hand. (EX: pottery, jewelry, art)  
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Astronomer   A person who studies the heavenly bodies, stars, and planets.  
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Bronze Age   A period of time when people made and used bronze.  
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Caravan   A group of merchants traveling with camels and selling their goods in an open market.  
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City-State   A city that governs itself and its surrounding territories.  
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Code   A set of laws to be followed by citizens of a country.  
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Communicate   A way to share ideas or information. (language, writing)  
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Cuneiform   A wedge-shaped writing system invented by the Sumerians where you carve shapes into clay tablets. The shapes are symbols for words.  
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Cyrus   King of Persia  
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Domesticate   To train an animal for human use.  
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Epic   A very long poem about a hero and his great deeds.  
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Euphrates River   A major water source of the Mesopotamians. Provided irrigation, water, food, transportation routes, trade routes, etc.  
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Gilgamesh   The hero of the epic poem Gilgamesh. Defeated the monster Humbaba.  
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Hammurabi   King of Babylon  
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Hammurabi's Code   Strict, severe law code created by Hammurabi; carved into huge steles in society; eye for an eye- tooth for a tooth.  
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Irrigation   Using a process to water crops on a consistent basis  
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Labor   Work; usually manual labor; working by hand  
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Mesopotamia   The land between two rivers; developed between Tigris and Euphrates rivers; cradle of civilization  
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Military   Soldiers or armed forces who protect their nation.  
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Monarchy   A form of government run by a King and Queen.  
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Nebuchadnezzar   King of Babylon; conquered by Cyrus; built the Hanging Gardens for his wife  
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Province   Divisions of an Empire; usually political  
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Region   Divisions of a country not always with fixed boundaries  
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Scribes   Writers of Mesopotamia; usually men  
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Silt   Fertile soil used to grow crops  
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Social Class   An organization of society based on types of work and how much money you make doing your work.  
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Specialized Labor   Training for a particular job  
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Technology   sticks, stones, animal bones, metals used by early people to make tools and weapons.  
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Tigris River   Major river that Mesopotamia developed around. Provided irrigation, food, water, transportation, trade routes, etc.  
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Tribute   A forced payment given to a King of a country by the people he conquers.  
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Ziggurat   A place of worship for Ancient Mesopotamians with a temple at the top.  
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Assyrians   Savage military force who conquered many societies; also known as the Assassians; demanded tribute  
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