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history section 1-3
vocab words for history for sections 1 thru section 3
Question | Answer |
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a large arc of rich or fertile farmland | fertile crescent |
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks | silt |
a way of supplying water to an area of land | irrigation |
human-made waterways | canals |
more than needed | surplus |
type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job | division of labor |
countryside | rural |
city | urban |
consisted of a city and all the countryside around it | city-state |
one of uruk's kings | gilgamesh |
akkadian emperor | sargon |
land with different territories and peoples under a single rule | empire |
worship of many gods | polytheism |
people who performed religous ceremonies | priests |
division of society by rank or class | social heirarchy |
worlds first system of writing | cuneiform |
picture symbols | pictographs |
writer | scribe |
long poems that tell the stories of heros | epics |
science of building | architecture |
pyramid shaped temple tower | ziggurat |