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Fertile Crescent
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A pice of land that looks like a crested moon.
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Domesticate
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To tame an animal that has not been tamed.
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Agriculture
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the production of crops, livestock, or poultry.
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Nomads
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a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
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Trade
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a purchase or sale; business deal or transaction.
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Resources
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resource- a source of supply, support, or aid, esp. one that can be readily drawn upon when needed.
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Mesopotamia
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The land between the two rivers.
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Tigris River
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a river in sumer
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Euphrates River
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the other rive lading to sumer.
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Sumer
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a civilization in Mesopotamia.
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Irrigation
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the artificial application of water to land to assist in the production of crops.
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silt
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earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
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city-states
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a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies.
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Civilization
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A town or community.
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Social structure
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A piece of art or something beautiful.
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Technology
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is new inventions or new studies or phones.
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merchants
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a person who buys and sells commodities for profit
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artisans
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a person skilled in art.
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ziggurats
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huge buildings that the sumarrians would worship their gods.
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culture
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the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts
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cuneiform
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A writing that the sumarians made up to communicate.
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pictograph
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a pictorial sign or symbol.
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empire
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a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor.
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capital
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the city or town that is the official seat of government
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tributes
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a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment.
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code of laws
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the laws that people have to obey or they will Sudanese to death.
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economy
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and community or group of neighborhoods.
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