World 🏈🏀 Flashcards
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches ,pips or streams
Irrigation
An amount that is left over after a need has been met
Surplus
An independent nation made up of a city and the land around it.
City-state
A belief in many Gods.
Polytheism
A square, pyramid-shaped tower with each story smaller than the one below and a temple at the top.
Ziggurat
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
A person who copies or writes the documents.
Scribe
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
Epic
A group of many different lands under one ruler.
Empire
A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
Tribute
A district within a larger country or empire.
Province
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a train of camels.
Caravan
A person who studies stars, planets, and the moon.
Astronomer
Rich soil
Silt
