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15 Cards in this Set
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Exile
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Enforced absence from one's own country
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Nomad
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One of a group of people who move with their flocks and herds as the seasons change to find water and pasture
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Administrator
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A manager; one who directs a government or organization
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Plateau
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An elevated area of flat land
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Empire
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A nation and the other nations it has conquered; a political unit often made up of several nations under one leadership
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City-State
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A self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland
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Polytheism
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Belief in more than one god
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Epic
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A long poem in dignified language that tells the story of a hero
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Scribe
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A professional writer or record keeper; a person whose job is to copy documents
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Cuneiform
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Wedge-shaped characters made with a reed stylus, and used in writing several ancient languages.
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Artisan
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A worker who is skilled in making a particular product by hand
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Plain
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A broad area of flat, open land
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Astronomer
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A scientist who observes and studies the universe beyond the earth, including the moon, planets, and stars and their motions
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Code
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An organized set of laws and rules
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Pictograph
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A picture that stands for a word or idea; picture writing
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