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A high tower built in stepped stages with a temple at the top
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ziggurat
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empire
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the territory under the rule
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the wedge-shaped script which was written on clay and used throughout Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East
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cuneiform
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epic
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a long poem which narrates the story of a legendary or historical hero
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astronomy
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the study of the part of the universe that lies beyond the earth, especially the observation of stars, planets, galaxies, comets, etc.
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astrology
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the art of predicting the course of human events through the study of the positions of the stars and planets
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degree(of a circle)
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a unit of measure equal to 1/360 of a complete revolution or circle
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tablet
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a small flat slab, usually made of clay, on which an inscription in cuneiform would be written
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