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Mesopotamia |
(n). the area of Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers-home to many early civilization |
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floodplain |
(n). flat bordering a river |
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silt |
(n). fine, fertile soil deposited by a river |
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semiarid |
(adj). having little rainfall and warm temperatures |
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drought |
(n.) a period of little rainfall, in which growing crops becomes difficult |
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surplus |
(n.) an mount produced in excess of what is needed |
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civilization |
(n.) a human society with an advanced level of development in social and political organization and in the arts an sciences |
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Sumer |
(n.) an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia, in which civilization arose around 3300 B.C. |
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city-state |
(n.) a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands |
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ziggurat |
(n.) an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels |
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polytheism |
(n.) a belief in many gods or goddesses |
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king |
(n.) the highest-ranking leader of a group of people |
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bronze |
(n.) a metal that is a mixture of copper and tin |
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pictographs |
(n.) a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea in a early system of writing |
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stylus |
(n.) a sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets |
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cuneiform |
(n.) an ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings |
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scribes |
(n.) a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper |
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