section 3 Flashcards
1
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Fertile Crescent
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is a large arc of rich,or fertile,farm land
2
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silt
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a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
3
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irrigation
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a way of of supplying water to an area of land
4
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canals
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human-made waterways
5
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surplus
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,or more than they needed
6
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division of labor
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a type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or a job
7
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rural
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a countryside
8
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urban
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a city
9
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city-state
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consisted of a city and all the countryside around it
10
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Gilgamesh
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the names of a Uruk’s kings
11
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Sargon
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an Akkadian territory
12
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empire
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or land with different territories and people under a single rule
13
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polytheism
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the worship of many gods
14
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priests
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the people who performed religious ceremonies
15
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social hierarchy
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the division of society by rank or class
