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Mesopotamia
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6th Grade
11/01/2016

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scribe
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Sumerian professional writer
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cuneiform
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Sumerian writing made up of wedge-shaped signs
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ziggurat
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leveled temple in the center of a Sumerian city-state
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Priest-king
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Sumerian governmental and religious leader
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artisans
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skilled workers
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city-state
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cities and the surrounding territories
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levees
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raised areas of soil to hold back floodwaters
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Mesopotamia
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land between the rivers
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Gilgamesh
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Sumerian priest-king; subject of the world's 1st story
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reform
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a political change
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civilization
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advanced human society with government, religion, economy, etc...
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