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civilization
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a centralized society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing, and learning
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technology
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the skills and knowledge to make products or
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ziggurat
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early Summarian skyscrapers and huge mud-brick temples. The highes level was a shrine for the cities god.
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government
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an organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions. run by a small group of leaders chosen by the group
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city-state
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a city or village with farmland around it. each had it's own leader and government
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monarchy
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a government in which one person had complete authority to rule in peacetime and to lead soliders in time of war
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authority
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a right
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surplus
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an extra supply
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merchants
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people who bought and sold goods for a living.
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social classes
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groups with different levels of importance.
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scribe
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a person who wrote things for others and kept records, wrote letters for others, and copied stories and songs.
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innovations
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new ways of doing things
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conquer
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to take over
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empire
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a conquered land of many people and places goverened by one ruler
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