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| means the "land between the rivers"; modern day Iraq |
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| large stepped structures with a temple or shrine on top; they were used as a sacred site |
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| a city and its surrounding villages that have their own set of laws and share the same beliefs |
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| the leader of the tribe; a religious figure |
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| the period that followed the introduction of metalworking |
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| a time when stone tools and weapons were used; separated into two periods paleolithic and neolithic |
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| combination of the bearded head of a man, the body of a lion, wings of an eagle, and the horned headdress of a god |
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| the general elements that reside in our memory of a human head |
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| where relative size indicated relative importance |
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| wedge shaped writing that was carved into clay tablets using a stylus |
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