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What does Fertile Crescent mean?
A region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia to the persian gulf.
polytheism
worship of many gods or deities.
cultural trait
idea or way of doing thnigs that us common a certain culture
colony
group of people living in a new territory with ties to a distant state
rule of law
idea that all members of a society even the rich and powerful must obey the law
Mesopotamia
Wide flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates river in present day Iraq.
ziggurat
brick pyramid shaped mesopotamias temple
tribute
payment or gift to a stronger power
cutural diffusion
the spreading or merging of different cutural ideas
assembly
a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation worship or entertainment.
irrigate
a technology used to supply water
cuneform
mesopotamias sysyem of writing
stele
grand stone pillar
elite
representing the best
profit
to make a gain
city state
independent state consisting of acty and its surrounding territory.
empire
state containing several countries or territores
reform
to improve
alaphet
smal set ofletter or symbols each of which stands for a single sound
abundant
exsisting in a large amount
barter
trading system when people trade without money
ally
independent state the works with other states to achieve a shared military or plitical goal.
navigation
art of steering a ship from place to place
standing army
a permanent army of prffesianal soldiers
govern
to control or strongly infulence