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unit 2 terms
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Term | Definition |
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canal | An arttificial (man -made) waterwayway for boats or for irrigation |
civilization | the most advanced stage of human development and organizatization |
code | a coolection of organized laws |
Fertile crescent | Fertile land in the middle East in a semicircle from the Nile to the tigris and Euphrates rivers |
Flooding | covering or filled with water |
Indus river Valley | Major river valley in Asia in what is today pakistan |
irrigation | supplying with water by man-made methods |
Job specialization | members of a community perform the jobs that they are most suited for |
law | a rule of conduct behavior enforced by the government |
mesopotamia | the land the tigris and euphrates rivers |
polytheism | a belief in many gods |
scribes | a class of scholars and copiers who were the basis of the government the army and the priesthood |
temple | a building for worship |