Civilization Flashcards

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Semiarid

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Very little annual rainfall

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Floodplain

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A flat land where two rivers are by it and there’s floods

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3
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Fertile Crescent

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An agricultural region that is extended to Levant to Iraq

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4
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Silt

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Earthy matter, fine sand

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5
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City-State

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A state of an autonomous city

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6
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Ziggurat

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A temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a tower

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7
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Bronze

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Various alloys combined with tin and copper

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8
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Pictograph

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A pictorial sign or symbol

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9
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Cuneiform

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Having the form of a weo

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10
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Scribe

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A person who serves a professional copyist especially one who of manuscripts.

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11
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Polytheism

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Belief of one or more God

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12
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Civilization

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An advanced state of human society

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