The Fertile Crescent

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What is a city-state?

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A small area surrounding a larger more developed city

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Many ancient civilizations believed or worshipped many Gods, this is known as

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polytheism

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These religious leaders performed religious ceremonies and were a crucial part of a hierirchical society

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priests

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The division of society by rank or class (priests, kings, slaves, etc.) is called

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social hierarchy

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Long poems that tell the stories of heroes.

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epic

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A pyramid-shaped temple tower often with steps on one or more sides to access the top. There were used mainly for religious ceremonies.

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ziggurat

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Rulers of a kingdom or empire who usually came from a single family or clan and had complete control

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monarch

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This set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life was the first written law in history. It has become the basis for all modern laws.

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Hammurabi's Code

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When one has more than enough needed he is said to have a ______ which was/is often traded for items which are in short supply

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surplus

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The economy of Mesopotamia was based largely on?

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farming

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In a civilization each worker specializes in a particular task or job such as blacksmith, farmer, or merchant. This form of specialization is known as

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division of labor

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One who "writes" for another; in ancient times they translated and recorded history. Many times they were specially trained and were sometimes priests.

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scribe

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Arc of rich fertile farmland, Mesopotamia is also known as this.

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Fertile Crescent

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Used for farming this mixture of rich siol and tiny rocks left after flooding was essential for civilization growth and development

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silt

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In southern Mesopotamia a people know as _______ developed the world's first civilization

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Sumerians

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Mesopotamia is known as the "land between two rivers" because it lay between the _______ river and the ________ river.

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Tigris and Euphrates

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Way of supplying water to an area of land by a variety of methods such as ditches, canals, and pipes is called _____.

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irrigation

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World's first system of writing based on a system of wedge symbols carved on clay tablets and developed in Sumer.

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cuneiform

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Many ancient civilizations communicated using picture symbols instead of written letters and words this form is know as

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pictographs

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What is the significance of the ziggurat to the ancient vivilization of Mesopotamia?

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Temples built for the Gods