Section 2 Flashcards

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Fertile Crescent

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An arc of land that provides some of the best farming in southwest Asia

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2
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Silt

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Thick bed of mud

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3
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Irrigation

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Ditched that carry river water to their fields

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4
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City-state

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Each city and its surrounding land

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5
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Dynasty

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Multiple rulers from the same family.

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6
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Cultural diffusion

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The process of a new idea or a product spreading

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7
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Polytheism

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The belief in many gods for different things

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8
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Empire

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Brings together people nation or previously independent states.

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9
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Hammarubi

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From 1792 B.C. To 1750 B.C. Leader of the Babylonian empire

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