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6th Grade
10/08/2013

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Fertile crescent
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an area of rich farmland i Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
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Silt
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a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
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Irrigation
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a way of supplying water to an area of land
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Canals
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human-made waterways,
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surplus
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or more than they needed
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division labor
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The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
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rural
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countryside
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city-state
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is a consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
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Gilgamesh
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One of Urk's kings, known as Gilgamesh.
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Sargon
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is a king
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empire
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land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
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urban
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city
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polythiesm
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he worship of many gods.
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Priest
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people who performed religious ceremonies
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social hierarchy
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the division of society by rank or class.
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cuneiform
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the worlds fist writing system of writing
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pictographs
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picture symbols
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scribes
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writing
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epics
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long poems that tell the stories of heroes
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architecture
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the science of building
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ziggurat
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a pyramid shaped temple tower
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monarch
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a ruler f a kingdom or empire
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Hammurabi's code
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was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
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chariot
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a wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle
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Nebuchadnezzar
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was the most famous king
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alphabet
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is a set of letters that can by made to form words.
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