chapter 5 vocab Flashcards
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Silt
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A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
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Fertile Crescent
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A large arc of fertile land
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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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More than needed
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Division of labor
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An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
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Sumer
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An advanced society
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City-state
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A central city and its surrounding farmlands
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Empire
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H
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Polytheism
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H
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Priests
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H
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Social hierarchy
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H
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Cuneiform
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H
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Pictographs
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H
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Scribe
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H
