Chapter 2 vocabulary
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- cuneiform
- characters of writing
- bazaar
- a marketpalce where various goods are sold
- caravan
- a group of traders traveling together in a single file line
- fertile crescent
- a piece of very fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and the eastern end is the shore of the Mediterranian Sea
- exile
- to force someone to live in another country
- canal
- an artifical waterway that the farmers in Sumer used to carry extra water back to rivers sfter floods
- alphabet
- a system of symbols
- polytheism
- belief in multiple Gods
- monotheism
- belief in only one God
- agriculture
- the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
- ziggurat
- A huge mud-brick temple in most sumerian cities
- Euphrates River
- a river in southwestern Asia that flows through the southern part of the Fertile Crescent
- domesticate
- to make fit for cutivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- dikes
- a wall built to keep water out of a low-lying area
- monarchy
- one person had complete authority to rule in peacetime and to lead soldiers in time of war
- surplus
- An extra supply
- famine
- a very severe shortage of food
- archaeology
- the sceintific study of material remains
- city state
- a city or village and the farmlands around it
- diaspora
- the spreading of something that was originally localized
- scribe
- a person who keeps written records for others
- Tigris River
- a river in southwestern Asia that flows through the eastern part of the Fertile Crescent
- covenant
- a special agreement
- irrigation
- to supply water to crops in dry areas
- labor
- productive work