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s.s lesson 1 voc.
Term | Definition |
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Fertile Crescent | Is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. |
Mesopotamia | Wide,flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 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 people exchange goods directly without using money. |
Polythesim | worship of many gods or deities. |
Ziggurats | brick , pyramid-shaped Mesopotamian temple. |
Cuneiform | Mesopotamian system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symobols to stand for ideas or thing . |
Distinet | separate, different |
Prosper | to gain in wealth |