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19 Cards in this Set
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civilization
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a group of people who have complex and organized society in a culture
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fertile
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rich as in soil
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plain
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an area of flat land
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plateau
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an area of high, flat land
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irrigation
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a system of transporting water to crops
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city states
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a city that is an individual unit, complete with it's own form of governments and traditions
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region
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an area on earth with common physical features
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artisan
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a craftperson such as a potter or a weaver
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ziggurat
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a huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms
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society
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an organized community with established rules and traditions
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polytheism
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a worship of many gods
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scribe
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a professional writer
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cunieform
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a form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times
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conquest
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to defeat (to beat/win)
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covenant
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an agreement
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montheism
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the worship of only one God
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slavery
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the practice of one person owning another person
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descendant
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a person born later into the same family
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barter
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to exchange one kind of good or service for another
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