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28 Cards in this Set
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silt |
a mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river. |
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drought |
a long period of dry weather. |
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levee |
a wall built along a riverbank to prevent flooding. |
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irrigation |
that weathering of dry land by means of canals or pipes. |
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erosion |
the gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind glaciers or water. |
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cuneiform |
a system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to present sounds,ideas, and objects;developed in antacid sumer |
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scribe |
a professional writer who kept records and copied letters and official documents. |
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city-state |
a self governing city,often with surrounding lands and villages. |
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ziggurat |
a large pyramid with several stories built by the antacid,Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians. |
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polytheism |
the belief in many gods and goddesses. |
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empire |
a group of land and peoples ruled by one government. |
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code of law |
a written set of laws that apply to everyone under the government. |
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aqueduct |
a raised arched structure built to carry water over long distances. |
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Hammurabi |
king of the Babylonian empire creator of one of the worlds oldest known codes of law. |
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judism |
the religion of Jewish people |
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convenant |
a special agreement |
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prophet |
a person who is believed to speak for god |
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torah |
the first five books of the hew-brew bible containing the laws and teachings of Judaism |
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Mesopotamia |
a believe in one god |
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ten commandants |
according to the Hebrew bible the laws god gave to Moses on mount Sinai |
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disoropia |
the scattering of Jews to many parts of the world |
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abriham |
founder of Judaism led his family from ur to Canaan |
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moses |
prophet who led the treatise out of slavery in Egypt. |
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david |
king of serial who made mesmerism his capital |
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solmon |
son of David and king of serial built the temple of mesmerism |
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Enheduana |
Sumerian priestess poet and daughter of Sargon. |
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sargon |
king who united the city-states of summer to create an empire. |
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Gilgamesh |
legendary Mesopotamian king and hero |
