or supply water to, their crops
to irrigate
is a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
a wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq. This plain lies between two great rivers, the Tigris (TY gris) and the Euphrates (yoo FRAY teez)
Mesopotamia (mesuh puh TAY mee uh)
temples are pyramid-shaped brick towers
ziggurats (ZIG OO rats)
the belief in more than one god
polytheism
separate,different
distinct
to gain in wealth
prosper
is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
Barter
A city-state is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
city-states
is a system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds
Cuneiform
