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S.S. Voc. Lesson 1
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Fertile Crecent | a region of the middle east that stretches in a large crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean sea |
Mesopotamia | a wide, flat plain in present day Iraq |
Irrigate | to supply water to |
City-State | independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory |
Barter | trading system in which exchange goods directly without using money |
Polytheism | worship of many gods or deities |
Ziggurat | brick, pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple |
Cuneiform | Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas and things |
distinct | separate, different |
prosper | to gain in wealth |