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show The process of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock  
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show A skilled crafts worker who makes things by hand. (EX: pottery, jewelry, art)  
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Astronomer   show
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show A period of time when people made and used bronze.  
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show A group of merchants traveling with camels and selling their goods in an open market.  
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show A city that governs itself and its surrounding territories.  
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show A set of laws to be followed by citizens of a country.  
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Communicate   show
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show A wedge-shaped writing system invented by the Sumerians where you carve shapes into clay tablets. The shapes are symbols for words.  
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Cyrus   show
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Domesticate   show
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Epic   show
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Euphrates River   show
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show The hero of the epic poem Gilgamesh. Defeated the monster Humbaba.  
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Hammurabi   show
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show Strict, severe law code created by Hammurabi; carved into huge steles in society; eye for an eye- tooth for a tooth.  
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show Using a process to water crops on a consistent basis  
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Labor   show
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show The land between two rivers; developed between Tigris and Euphrates rivers; cradle of civilization  
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show Soldiers or armed forces who protect their nation.  
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Monarchy   show
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show King of Babylon; conquered by Cyrus; built the Hanging Gardens for his wife  
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show Divisions of an Empire; usually political  
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show Divisions of a country not always with fixed boundaries  
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Scribes   show
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Silt   show
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show An organization of society based on types of work and how much money you make doing your work.  
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show Training for a particular job  
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Technology   show
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show Major river that Mesopotamia developed around. Provided irrigation, food, water, transportation, trade routes, etc.  
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show A forced payment given to a King of a country by the people he conquers.  
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show A place of worship for Ancient Mesopotamians with a temple at the top.  
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Assyrians   show
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