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Definition
show The process of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock  
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show A skilled crafts worker who makes things by hand. (EX: pottery, jewelry, art)  
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Astronomer   show
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Bronze Age   show
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show A group of merchants traveling with camels and selling their goods in an open market.  
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City-State   show
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Code   show
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show A way to share ideas or information. (language, writing)  
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Cuneiform   show
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show King of Persia  
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show To train an animal for human use.  
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Epic   show
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Euphrates River   show
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Gilgamesh   show
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Hammurabi   show
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show 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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show Using a process to water crops on a consistent basis  
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Labor   show
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show The land between two rivers; developed between Tigris and Euphrates rivers; cradle of civilization  
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show Soldiers or armed forces who protect their nation.  
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Monarchy   show
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show King of Babylon; conquered by Cyrus; built the Hanging Gardens for his wife  
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show Divisions of an Empire; usually political  
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show Divisions of a country not always with fixed boundaries  
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show Writers of Mesopotamia; usually men  
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Silt   show
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Social Class   show
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show Training for a particular job  
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show sticks, stones, animal bones, metals used by early people to make tools and weapons.  
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Tigris River   show
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show A forced payment given to a King of a country by the people he conquers.  
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show A place of worship for Ancient Mesopotamians with a temple at the top.  
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show Savage military force who conquered many societies; also known as the Assassians; demanded tribute  
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