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33685783NetholicTHE Last division of the stone age, immediately preceding the develpoment of metallurgy and corresponding to the ninth-fith millennia0
33685784innovationThe explanation that similar cultural traits, techniques, or objects found among different groups of people were invented independently rather than spread from one group to another1
33685785diffusionThe spread of new ideas, objects, or traits from one culture to another2
33685786ZigguratA temple tower of ancient mesopotamia, constructed of square or rectangular terraces of diminishing size, usually with shrine on top built of blue enamel bricks, the color of the sky3
33685787bas reliefIn sculpture, relief is a term for any work in which the forms stand out from the background. in bas (or low) relief, the design projects only slightly from the background and the outlines are not undercut4
33685788PictogramA pictorial symbol or sign representing an object or concept5
33685789CuneiformSumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets6
33685790Ideogramin written language, a character or symbol that represents an idea or thing7
33685791PolisGreek city-state8
35686426gilgameshthe epic story of the king, Gilgamesh, who searched for immortality. This is a Sumerian legend and is believed to be the first story9
35686427sumeran ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which the first were established possibly as early as 5000 b.c.: conquered by the Elamites and, about 2000 b.c.,10
35686428agricultural villageA relatively small, egalitarian village, where most of the population was involved in agriculture. Starting over 10,000 years ago, people began to cluster in agricultural villages as they stayed in one place to tend their crops.11
38044169Sargon Of Akkadan ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders, conquering all of southern Mesopotamia as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia, and Elam (western Iran). He established the region's first Semitic dynasty and was considered the founder of the Mesopotamian military tradition.12

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