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22 Cards in this Set
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Fertile Crescent |
a large arc of rich, fertile, farmland |
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silt |
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks |
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irrigation |
a way of supplying water to an area of land |
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canals |
human-made waterways |
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surplus |
more than needed |
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division of labor |
the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
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rural |
countryside |
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urban |
city |
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city-state |
consisted of a city and all the countryside around it |
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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 |
people who performed religious ceremonies |
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social hierarchy |
the division of society by rank or class |
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cuneiform |
the world's first system of writing |
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pictograph |
picture symbols |
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scribe |
writer |
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epics |
long poems that tell the stories |
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architecture |
the science of building |
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ziggurat |
a pyramid shaped temple tower |
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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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alphabet |
a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
