The Fertile Crescent

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This was an area of land reaching up for Egypt and extending down into Iraq. It was an area where farming first developed and where the first towns were established.

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Fertile Crescent

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This name means "Land between two rivers" and was a name given by the Greeks.

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Mesopotamia

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The first ever writing system created in Mesopotamia.

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cuneiform

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Babylon became one of the most powerful _________ in Mesopotamia.

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empires

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A belief in many gods is often referred to as

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polytheism

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Without this, ancient farmers would not have been able to water their crops in the hot, dry months.

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irrigation

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This person of an ancient civilization helped the kings to keep records and write laws.

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scribe

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A community of people becomes this when it develops a large population with high levels of cultural and technological development.

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civilization

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The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?

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Euphrates and Tigris

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The region of Mesopotamia is located in the present day country of...?

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Iraq