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chapter 6 vocab
mesopotamia
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plateau
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a elevated area of land
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plain
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a braod area of flat, opean land
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City-state
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self government unit made up of a city and its surroundingsvillages and farmland
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administrator
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a manager; one who directs a government or organizes
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artisan
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a worker who is skilled in making a particular item by hand
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epic
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a long poem in dignified language that tells a story of a hero
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Nomad
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people who move with their flocks and herds
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polytheism
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a belif in more than one god
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pictograph
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a picture that stands for a word or idea, picture writing
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cunieform
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wedge-shaped charaters made with a reed stylus and used in writing several ancient language
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scribe
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a professional writer or record keeper; a person whose job is to copy documents and manuscripts
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empire
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a nation and the other nations it has conquered; a political unit often made up of several nations under one leader
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code
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an organized set of laws or rules
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exile
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enforced absence from one's own contry
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astronomer
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a scientist who observes and studies the univerise beyond the earth, including the moon, planets, and stars and thier motions
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