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Civilization
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Complex societies with cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a water system.
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Irrigation
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When walls, waterways, and ditches bring water to fields in order to water crops.
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City-state
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Each Sumerian city had land around it called a city-state.
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Artisan
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Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery.
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Cuneiform
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The sumerian system of writing.
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Scribes
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Record keepers who learned how to write.
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Empire
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A group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government.
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Archeologist
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Scientists who hunt for evidence buried in the ground where settlements might have been.
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Artifact
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Weapons, tools, and other things made by humans.
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Nomad
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Nomads were people who regularly moved from place to place.
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Domestication
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To tame plants and animals for human use.
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Mesopotamia
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The land between two rivers.
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