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For each term or name, write a sentence explaining its significance. •Fertile Crescent •Mesopotamia •city-state •dynasty •cultural diffusion •polytheism •empire •Hammurabi

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Fertile Crescent refers to the crescent-shaped area in Southwest Asia of land that was especially fertile and allowed for some of the best farming in the ancient world.

Mesopotamia means “land between the rivers” in Greek, and refers to the plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which flow into the Persian Gulf.

City-states are independent states that are organized into a major city and its surrounding land.

A dynasty is a series of rulers who pass on their power to their heirs.

Cultural diffusion is the process by which a new idea or object spreads from culture to culture.

Polytheism refers to a belief system that has multiple gods, like the religion of the Sumerians, who believed each force of nature was controlled by a different god.

An empire is the control of several peoples, nations, or states by one ruler.

Hammurabi was a Babylonian ruler who was in power from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C. and devised a famous code of laws.

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