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An area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
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Fertile crescent
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Finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops
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Silt
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A way of supplying water to an area of land
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Irrigation
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More of something than is needed
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Surplus
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A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
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City- state
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Land with different territories and people under a single rule
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empire
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A set of letters that can be combined to form words
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Alphabet
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The worship of many gods
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Polytheism
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A picture symbol
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Pictographs
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A writer
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Scribe
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Long poems that tell the stories of heroes
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Epics
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A wheeled, horse- drawn cart used in battle
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Chariot
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A pyramid- shaped temple in Sumer
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Ziggurat
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