Ancient Civilization Term Definitions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 food surplus | an abundant amount of food |
| city-state | a town or village, with its own ruler, located inside a larger empire |
| Fertile Crescent | area between the Tigris and Euphrates river where bi-annual floods made the soil rich for farming |
| Priests/Rulers | religious and political leaders of the ancient world |
| Cuneiform | wedge-shaped characters; the first form of writing performed by scribes in Sumeria |
| slavery | forced to work without pay or benefits either by being captured or to pay back debts |
| Hammurabi | King of Babylon I who created a code of laws that governed the lives of people under his rule |
| Monotheism/Polytheism | religious worship and belief in one or more Gods (mono = one, poly= more than one) |
| iron | metallic element, stronger than copper and tin. |
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