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20 Cards in this Set
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City and the surrounding area
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City-state
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Mosopotamian temple
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Ziggurat
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Territories governed by a single ruler or nation
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Empire
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To exchange goods without using money
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barter
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skilled worker
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artisan
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way of life
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culture
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Sumerian governmental and religious leader
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priest-king
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Sumerian writing made up of wedge-shaped signs
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cuneiform
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period of power
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reign
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an extra supply of something such as crops taht are not needed immediatly for food
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surplus
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a long period of dry weather
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drought
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a person whose profession was writing down or copying letters, contracts, and other documents
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scribe
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to change
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reform
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a fertile region in southwestern Asia that is the birthplace of civilization
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Fertile Crescent
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The world's first system of written laws
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Code of Hammurabi
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a widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation
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famine
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the belief in many gods
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polytheism
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the belief in one god
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monotheism
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the scattering of Jews to many parts of the world
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Diaspora
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A world religion founded by the acient Hebrews
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Judaism
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