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Fertile Crescent
is a region of the Middle east that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean sea
empire
cavalry
or solders who fight on riding horses
import
a good or service sold within a country that is produced in another country
polytheism
the belief of more than one god
Mesopotamia
a wide,flat plain in present-day Iraq
ally
a independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
standing army
a permanent army of professional soldiers
export
a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders
epic of Gilgamesh
he went down to the river and used canals
irrigate
supply of water to, their crops
cultural trait
a idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture
tribute
payment made to show loyalty to a strong power
navigation
or the art of sailing from place to place
who did the Babylonians like
Assyrians
city-state
an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory.
Hammurabi's code
a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
currency
money that is used as a medium of exchange
colony
an area ruled by a distant country
who was the great king of Persian empire
Cyrus the great
barter
is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
rule of law
or the idea that all members of a society-even the rich and powerful-must obey the law
stele
a caved stone slab or pillar that stands on end
cultural diffusion
is the spreading of cultural traits from one region to another
what where the two rivers of Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates