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Key Terms for Chapter 3 - Holt World History
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09/30/2015

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Fertile Cresent
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a large, rich, fertile farmland

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Silt
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A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

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Irrigation
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A way of supplying water to an area of land

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Canals
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Human-made waterways

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Surplus
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More than what is needed

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Division of Labor
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The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular job.

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Rural
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The countryside

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Urban
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The City

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City-State
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A city and all of the countryside around it.

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Empire
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Land of different territories and peoples under a single ruler

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Polytheism
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the worship of many gods

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Priests
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people who perform religious ceremonies

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Social Hierarchy
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Division of society based on rank or class

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Cuneiform
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The world's first system of writing

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Pictographs
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Picture Symbols

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Scribe
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a writer

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Epics
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Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

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Architecture
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The science of building

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Zigguarat
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A pyramid-shaped temple tower

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Monarch
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A ruler or a King

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Hammurabi's Code
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A set of laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

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Chariot
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A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle

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Nebuchadnezzar
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Chaldean King that ruled Babylon in 612BC

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Alphabet
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A set of letters that can be combined to form words.
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