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Social Hierarchy
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system of social organization and status where those at the bottom provide most of the work but have least responsibility. Those towards the top have more power and responsiility
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Canals
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Human made waterways
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surplus
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more than they needed
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division of labor
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the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
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Sumer
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a group of Sumerians that settled in Mesopotamia by 3000 BCE
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empire
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land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
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priest
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people who performed or lead religious ceremonies |
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pictographs
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picture symbols
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architecture
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the science of building
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scribe
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a writer
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Babylon
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a Sumerian town that was home to a powerful government with Hammurabi as their king
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Chariot
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a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle
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Alphabet
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a set of letters that can be combined to form words
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City-state
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a state that has its own government and consist of a city and the area around it
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ziggurat
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an ancient Mesopotamian pyramid-shaped tower with a square base, rising in stories of decreasing size, with a terrace at each story and a temple at the very top
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silt
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is a very fine sediment that is usually found in or near bodies of water it is often extremely fertile and aid to human agriculture
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cuneiform
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was on of the earliest writing systems developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia. Cuneiform was created by impressing a wedge-shaped tool into uncured tables of clay
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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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rivers located in the Middle East which which the foundation of the Mesopotamian Civilization. the Tigris River is 1,100 miles long and the Euphrates River is 1700 miles
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Delta
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triangular deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of a river or inlet
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cataract
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a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of great size
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Hammurabi code
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a set of 282 laws governing daily life in Ancient Babylon, the earliest known collection of written laws. Developed by Hammurabi ruler of Babylon who brought all of Mesopotamia under his control
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Fertile Crescent
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a large arc of fertile land between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea, Mesopotamia formed within the Fertile Crescent
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Monotheism
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belief in one god
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Polytheism
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belief in many gods
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irrigation
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to supply dry land with water to assist with crop production, manmade water systems (for example ditches)
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