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Ancient Mesopotamia
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Drought
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A LONG period of time with little to no rain which can cause food shortages.
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Drought
A LONG period of time with little to no rain which can cause food shortages.
Famine
an extreme scarcity of food
Surplus
the amount that remains when use or need is satisfied
Barter
exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.
City-state
A city-state is an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its contiguous territory.
Ziggurat
A temple were kings lived in ancient times
Cuneiform
Form of writing people used in ancient times
Code of Hammurabi
The rules and laws king Hammurabi set up that all his people had to live by
Judaism
A type of religion that believes in one god, it can also be called Jewish
Polytheistic Religion
A type of religion that believes in multiple gods
