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Chapter 3 Vocabulary
History
Term | Definition |
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Fertile Cresent | a large arc of rich or fertile farm land |
silt | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks |
irrigation | way of supplying water to an area of land |
canals | human made water ways |
surplus | more than needed |
division of labor | type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
rural | country side |
urban | city |
city-state | consisted of a city and all the countryside around it |
empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
polytheism | worship of many gods |
priests | people who performed religious ceremonies |
social hierarchy | division of society by rank or class |
cuneiform | world`s first system of writing |
pictographs | picture symbols |
scribe | writer |
epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
architecture | science of building |
ziggurat | pyramid shaped temple tower |
monarch | ruler of kingdom or empire |
hammurabi`s code | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
chariot | wheel horse drawn cart used in battle |
alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |