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Makarthur Weatherby- chapter 3
Makarthur Weatherby- chapter 3
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09/29/2015

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Fertile Crescent
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A crescent shaped area of fertile land
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silt
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fine sand, clay or other material carried by running water and deposited by sediment, especially in a channel or harbor
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Irrigation
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it is watering of land to make it ready for agriculture
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Canals
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an artificial waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats and ships inland or to convey water for irrigation
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Surplus
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an amount of something left over when requirements have been met
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Division of labor
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the assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency
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Rural
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countryside
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Urban
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city
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City-State
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it is consisted of a city and all the countryside around it
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Gilgamesh
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he is the main character in the poem Epic of Gigamesh
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Sargon
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he was the king of akkadian empire, iraq
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Empire
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an extensive group of states or countries under a single authority formerly especially an emperor or empress
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Polytheism
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the belief in or worship of more than one god
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Priests
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an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church having the authority to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments.
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Social Hierarchy
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the power or dominion of a hierarchy. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in successive ranks or orders: the Roman Catholic hierarchy. 5. one of the three divisions of the angels, each made up of three orders, conceived as constituting a graded body.
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cuneiform
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the worlds first system of writing; developed in sumer
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pictographs
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a picture symbol
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scribe
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a writer
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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 bulding
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zigguret
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a pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
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monarch
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a ruler of a temple or kingdom
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Hammurabi's code
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Babylonian law code
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chariot
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a wheel, horse-drawn chart used in battle
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Nebuchadnezzar
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Chaldean king, he rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city, which featured the famed Hanging Gardens.
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alphabet
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a set of letters that can be combined to word
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