| Term | Definition |
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irrigation |
supplying land with water through a network of canals |
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Fertile Crescent |
a region in southwest asia; site of the world's first civilizations |
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cuneiform |
a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and line used to write several languages of the Fertila Crescent |
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bazaar |
a market selling different kinds of goods |
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caravan |
a group of traders traveling together |
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empire |
many territories and people who are controled by one government |
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city-state |
a city with it's own government, traditions, and laws; both a city and a seperate state |
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canal |
manmade waterways, to control the direction in which the water flowed |
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reservoir |
water collection pools |
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silt |
very fine mud particles contained in the river water |
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epic |
a long adventure story (poem) |