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- 4. The belief in multiple gods or goddesses in religion.
- 5. Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used by people for economic gain.
- 7. Is a system where people focus on creating one thing and become specialists in that producing more than they can use and selling the rest
- 8. A society or family that is based around the males.
- 10. A mostly flat area of land that sits near a water source that floods. The flooding often helps create rich farmland.
- 14. Also called the cradle of civilization, an area of modern day Iraq, Syria and Turkey where human civilization developed
- 18. A society based around agriculture and cannot survive without producing much of their own food.
- 21. Age A time period beginning around 3000 BCE where humans began using metals to make tools - also humans begin developing significant urban development
- 22. The world's oldest complete Code of Law. Created around 1800 BCE in Babylon, the laws listed crime and punishments.
- 23. A small independent city that operates like a tiny country. Controls city and lands surrounding with own government.
- 24. Archeological evidence suggests that the city-state of UR invented the wheel around 3500 BCE - considered the most important mechanical invention in history.
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- 1. The "land between the rivers" are general names for the area and the people where civilization was first developed
- 2. World's oldest calendar based on lunar cycle and used a 354 day year.
- 3. A Mesopotamian religious temple. Ziggurats are tiered buildings and where often the biggest and most important building within a city-state.
- 6. Two parallel rivers in Iraq and Syria where civilization first developed around. The rivers flooded annually providing rich farmland for humans to use.
- 9. Metal tool that is used to carve open ground planting - likely dates back to about 3200 BCE. Revolutionary invention in the development of farming.
- 11. The exchanging of goods and services or other goods and services.
- 12. One of the earliest forms of writing developed by mankind.
- 13. A method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture
- 15. hierarchy A system of organizing society into groups and rank them in order of importance to the society. Often uses a pyramid shape.
- 16. A Babylonian King (605 BCE-562 BCE) and is credited with building the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon and destroying much of Jerusalem.
- 17. Believed to be the world's oldest great work of literature that dates back to at least 2100 BCE. The story is known to have influence of many Biblical stories.
- 19. A person who has the ability to write in ancient times. Often used to keep records for the government.
- 20. A muddy material left behind after a river floods. The material is often rich in nutrients needed in good farmland.