falshcards Flashcards
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fertile crescent
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the regions curved shape and the riches of its land led scholars to call it the fertile crescent
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silt
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as the floodwater recorded, it left a thick bed of mud called silt
3
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irrigation
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they duh irrigation ditches to provide water
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city stand
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each city and the surrounding
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dynasty
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suck a series of rulers from a single family
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culture diffusion
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this process of a new idea or a product spreading from one culture
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polytheism
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the belief of many gods
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empire
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brings together several peoples, nations or previously independent state under the control of one ruler
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hammurabi
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the biology empire reached its peak during the reign
