Fertile Crescent
is a large arc of rich,or fertile,farm land
silt
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
irrigation
a way of of supplying water to an area of land
canals
human-made waterways
surplus
,or more than they needed
division of labor
a type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or a job
rural
a countryside
urban
a city
city-state
consisted of a city and all the countryside around it
Gilgamesh
the names of a Uruk’s kings
Sargon
an Akkadian territory
empire
or land with different territories and people under a single rule
polytheism
the worship of many gods
priests
the people who performed religious ceremonies
social hierarchy
the division of society by rank or class