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small particles of soil
silt
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a way to supply dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
irrigation
an amount that is left over after a need has been met
surplus
an independent nation made up of a city and the land around it
city-state
a belief in more than one god
polytheism
a pyramid-shaped tower with a temple at the top
ziggurat
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a payment made to a ruler
tribute
a Sumerian writing system that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
cuneiform
a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
province
Who had the least amount of power and status in society?
enslaved people
The Phoenicians were good __________ and ____________.
shipbuilders; sailors
a long poem that tells the story of a hero
epic
The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on
the cycles of the moon
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a group of many different lands under one ruler
empire
monarchy
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The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
scribes
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What is the vocabulary word for separating people out based on the different jobs that they had.
division of labor
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
The Hanging Gardens
Mesopotamia means
"the land between two rivers"
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Hammurabi
How many levels of the social heirarchy pyramid were there?
five
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Which group of people built the largest empire in history at the time?
the Persians
How did floods sometimes help farmers?
Rich silt, which helped crops grow, was left behind by floodwaters
empire