Chapter 3 Section 1 Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
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Fertile Crescent
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a region with good conditions for growing crops that stretches from the Mediterranean coast east through Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) to the Persian Gulf
2
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Mesopotamia
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wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Irak
3
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Irrigate
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to supply water to
4
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City-state
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independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory
5
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Barter
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trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
6
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Polytheism
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worship of many gods or deities
7
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Ziggurat
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brick, pyramid–shaped Mesopotamian temple
