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Vocab River Valley Flashcards

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Agriculture

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Farming

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Cataract

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A waterfall or groups of rocks that slow down the flow of water

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Code of Hammurabi

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Comprehensive set of laws considered by many scholars to be the oldest laws established developed by Hammurabi king of Babylon

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Delta

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Flat fan shaped area of fertile land made of silt at the mouth of a river

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Economy

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The way people manage money resources for production of goods services

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Empire

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Group of land and people ruled by one government

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Expedition

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A trip for a specific reason taken by a person or a group

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Fertile

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Area in which crops are able to be grown Rich in nutrients

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Fertile Crescent

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A ancient Area of fertile land and rivers that extend in an arc sheep between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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Hieroglyphics

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Ancient Egyptian picture/symbol writing

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Irrigation

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Watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes

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Mesopotamia

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Land Between the twin rivers Tigris and Euphrates

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Monotheism

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Belief in one God

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Natural resource

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Found in nature useful to humans ( ex. a mineral forest )

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Papyrus

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A reed plant that grows along the Nile river

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Pharaoh

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Ancient Egyptian king leader

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Pyramid

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Burial tomb for an ancient Egyptian queen or king

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River valley

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Fertile area a along the sides of a river

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Scribe

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One who was able to read or write

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Silt

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A mix of tiny bites of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river

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Social mobility

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The movement shifting of membership between within social classes by individuals groups

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Social pyramid

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A diagram used to show levels of society or social hierarchy in ancient Egypt

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Specialization

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Training to do a particular kind of work

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Surplus

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More then what it needed extra

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Trade

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An Exchange of goods

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