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Cataract

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A waterfall or groups of rocks that slow down the flow of water

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Agriculture

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Farming

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Code of Hammurabi

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Comprehensive set laws,considered by many scholars to be the oldest laws established; developed by Hammurabi , king of Babylon

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Cuneiform

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A system if writing that is used wedged shaped symbols to represent sounds,ideas and objects;developed by ancient Sumerians

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Delta

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Flat, fan shaped area of fertile land made of silt at the mouth of the river

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Ecomony

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The way people manage money/resources for production of goods/services

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Empire

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Group of lands and people ruled by one government

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Expedition

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A trip for a specific resin taken by one person or a group

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Fertile

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Area in which crops r able to grow,rich in nutrients

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Fertile Crescent

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An ancient area of fertile land and rivers that extended in arc shape bettween the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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Hierogolgical

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Ancient Egyptian picture/symbol writing

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Irrigation

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Watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes

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Mesopotamia

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Land bettween the twin rivers-Tigris and Euphrates

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Monotheism

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Belief in one god

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Natural resources

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Found in nature-useful to humans (ex: a mineral,forest)

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Papyrus

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A reed plant that grows along the Nile river

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Pharaoh

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Ancient Egyptian king-leader

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Pyrimad

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Burial tomb for an ancient Egyptian queen or king

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River valley

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Fertile area along the sides of a river

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Scribe

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One who was able to read and write

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Slit

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A mix of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river

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Social mobility

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The movement/shifting of membership bettween/ within social classes by individuals/groups

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Social pyrimad

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a diagram used to show the levels of society or social hierarchy in ancient Egypt

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Specialization

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Training to do particular kind of work

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Surplus

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More than what is needed-extra

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Trade

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An exchange of goods

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