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13 Cards in this Set
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City-State
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Self Governing Political unit made up of a city and surrounding lands
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Ten Commandments
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Laws governing most religions
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Surplus
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Having too much or and oversupply, abundance
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Judaism
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Religion of the Hebrews
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Cuneiform
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A system of wedge shaped writings
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polytheism
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To believe in many gods
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ziggurat
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a mesapot temple honoring a god or goddess
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monotheism
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belief in one god
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drought
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a long period of time without rain
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mesopotamia
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Known as Iraq today
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Code of Hammurabi
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Laws governing life
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Fertile Crecent
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Tigris eurprates, Med. Sea, Jordan R. Sierra desert, persian gulf.
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Sumer
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Lower part of the tigris&Eurphrates valley
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