Mesopotamia

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  1. Fertile Crescent
    a geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Ca
  2. Tigris River
    an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Ca
  3. Euphrates River
    a river in southwestern Asia
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Ca
  4. ziggurat
    a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Ca
  5. diaspora
    the dispersion of something that was originally localized
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Ca
  6. domesticate
    make fit for cultivation and service to humans
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  7. Sumer
    an area in the southern region of Babylonia in present-day Iraq; site of the Sumerian civilization of city-states that flowered during the third millennium BC
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  8. city-state
    an independent nation comprised of a single town
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  9. social class
    a group of people sharing similar wealth and status
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  10. Hammurabi
    Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  11. cuneiform
    an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  12. polytheism
    belief in multiple gods
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  13. monotheism
    belief in a single God
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  14. dike
    a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  15. Mesopotamia
    the land between the Tigris and Euphrates
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  16. Tigris
    an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  17. Canaan
    an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  18. Babylonia
    an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  19. Judah
    (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  20. Assyria
    an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  21. Euphrates
    a river in southwestern Asia
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  22. scribe
    someone employed to make written copies of documents
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  23. crescent
    having a curved shape that tapers at the ends
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  24. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  25. fertile
    capable of reproducing
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  26. covenant
    an agreement between a god and the people
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  27. agricultural
    relating to or used in or promoting farming
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  28. river
    a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  29. revolution
    a single complete turn
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  30. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  31. class
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  32. city
    a large and densely populated urban area
    Sargon
    Dikes
    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
  33. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    Sargon
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    city-state
    Phoenicians
    ziggurat
    Tigris River
    Euphrates River
    famine
    covenant
    social class
    Hammurabi
    scribe
    Mesopotamia
    domesticate
    cuneiform
    polytheism
    monotheism
    Fertile Crescent
    Assyria
    Judah
    Sumer
    diaspora
    Agricultural Revolution
    Canaan
    Babylonia
Created on Tue Jan 04 09:28:43 EST 2011 (updated Tue Jan 04 09:31:46 EST 2011)

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