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Fertile Crescent
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Curved shaped area between the Tigris and Euphrates River that provdes rich farmland
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City-state
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A city that has its own independent government
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Monotheism
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The belief in one god
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Silt
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Mud leftover from flood waters that provided rich soil in which to grow crops
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Dynasty
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A series of rulers from a single family
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Empire
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Made up of several peoples, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler
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Irrigation
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These carry river water to fields so that early civilization had the ability to produce a surplus of crops
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Cultural diffusion
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The process of a new idea or product spreading from one culture to another
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Hammurabi
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He put together a long-lasting code of law
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