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Artisan
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A worker who is especially skillled in making something, such as baskets, leather goods, foods, etc.
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Civilization
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A society with cities, central government, workers who specialize in certain jobs, writing, art, and architecture.
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Culture
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Language, religious beliefs, values, customs, and other ways of life shared by a group of people.
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Cuneiform
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A form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines.
1st written language |
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Domesticate
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To tame animals and raise than to be used by humans.
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Monotheism
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Belief in only one God
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Nomad
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A person who has no single, settled home
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Polytheism
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Belief in many Gods
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Scribe
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A professional writer
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Social Class
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A group, or class, that is made up of people of similar backgrounds, wealth, and ways of living
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Surplus
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More of a thing or product than is needed
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What are the main characteristics of a civilization?
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1. common language 2. central government
3. specific jobs-social classes 4. Cities 5. Cultural Achievement |
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What are the two rivers that begin in the mountains of Turkey?
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Tigris
Euphrates |
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What type of writing did the Sumerians use?
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Cuneiform
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Today, the land between the rivers is known as 1._____ (present day country). In ancient times, it was called 2.______________________.
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1. Iraq
2. Mesopotamia |
