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civilization
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a complex culture with five characteristics:
1) advanced cities, 2) specialized workers, 3) complex institutions, 4) record keeping, and 5) advanced technology |
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specialization
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the development of skills ina secific kind of work.
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artisnas
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skilled workers who make goods by hand
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institution
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a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
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scribes
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proffesional record keepers
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cuneiform
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system of writing made by scribes
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bronze age
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the time when people began using bronze ratger than copper and stone.
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barter
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way of trading goods and services without money
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ziggurat
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pyramid-shaped monument which means "mountain of god"
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