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| The area of Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers-home to many early civilizations. |
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| Flat land bordering a river |
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| fine, fertile soil deposited by a river. |
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| having little rainfall and warm temperatures. |
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| a period of little rainfal, in which growing crops becomes difficult. |
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| an amount produced in excess of what is needed. |
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| a human society with an advanced level of development in social and political orginization and in the arts of sciences. |
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| an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia, in which civilization arose about 3300 B.C. |
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| a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands. |
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| an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels. |
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| a belief in many gods or goddesses. |
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| the highest-ranking leader of a group of people. |
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| a metal that is a mixture of copper and tin. |
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| a form of writing that is made up of pictures and symbols, used by the Sumerians |
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| a sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets. |
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| an ancient writing system developed by the Sumerians, made up of wedge-shaped markings. |
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| a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper. |
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