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| 202364803 | Fertile crescent | a region near the Midditeranean Sea that is in the shape of crescent or a half moon. | 0 | |
| 202364804 | Zuggurat | place of worship for zumerian religion, step pyramid they thought that is was a place between heaven and earth. | 1 | |
| 202364805 | Code of Hammurabi | the set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to the 18th century BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety | 2 | |
| 202364806 | Nebuchanezzer | was a ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty, who reigned c. 605 BC-562 BC. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Jews into exile. | 3 | |
| 202364807 | Epic of Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literary fiction. It tells a story about a kings quest to achieve immortallity. | 4 | |
| 202364808 | Assyria | an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq | 5 | |
| 202364809 | satrap | a governor of a province in ancient Persia | 6 | |
| 202364810 | Babylon | The largest and most important city in Mesopotamia. It achieved particular eminence as the capital of the Amorite king Hammurabi in the eighteenth century B.C.E. and the Neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar in the sixth century B.C.E. | 7 | |
| 202364811 | Cuniform | wedge-shaped; a system of writing developed by the sumerians using a reed stylus to create wedge-shaped impressions on a clay tablet. Such as Akkadian,Assyrian,Baylonian, Persians,and others. | 8 | |
| 202364812 | isthmus | a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas | 9 | |
| 202364813 | strait | a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water | 10 | |
| 202364814 | Sumeria | Southern region of Mesopotamia where the earliest known cities arose. Between Tigris and Euphrates rivers. 3000 - 2331 bc | 11 | |
| 202364815 | silt | mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake | 12 | |
| 202364816 | patriarchal | relating to a society in which men hold the greatest legal and moral authority | 13 | |
| 202364817 | Sargon | warrior who found the Akkadian Empire and so became the first ruler of an empire in the Fertile Crescent | 14 | |
| 202364818 | Nineveh | an ancient Assyrian city (capital) on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq | 15 | |
| 202364819 | Ashurbanipal | An Assyrian king, made a magnificent palace and library at Nineveh (668-627 BC) who told people to bring back writings and collected about 20,000 cuniform tablets were now found form him. | 16 | |
| 202364820 | Cyrus the Great | king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC) Built the greateat persian empire. | 17 | |
| 202364821 | Darius | came to throne in 521 B.C. He reorganized the government to make it work better. He divided the empire into 20 provinces. Each was ruled by an official with the title of satrap. | 18 | |
| 202364822 | Royal Road of Persia | A road in the Persian Empire, stretching over 1,600 miles from Susa in Persia to Sardis in Anatolia. | 19 | |
| 202364823 | Zoroaster | a Persian prophet, lived around 600 B.C. taught that the earth is a battleground where a great struggle if fought between the spirit of good and the spirit of evil, founder of Zoroasterianism | 20 | |
| 202364824 | Ahuramazda | The chief Iranian god, who was the creator and benefactor of all living creatures. | 21 | |
| 202364825 | government | the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens | 22 | |
| 202364826 | enviroment | all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things | 23 |
