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| scribe | a professional writer |
| city-state | city with its own gods, godesses, government and king. |
| polytheism | believe in many gods |
| myth | stories about gods that explain peoples beliefs |
| Sumer | ancient community in Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia | an ancient place between two rivers where people lived |
| Fertile Crescent | a place were there is very good soil |
| Tigris River | the source of life for the people of Mesopotamia |
| Euphrates River | another source of life for the people of Mesopotamia |
| geography | the study of the Earth's surface and how it is shaped, connections between places and the relationship between people and the environment |
| paleontology | the study of life-forms from the distant past |
| archaeology | study of past human life and culture by the finding and viewing graves, buildings, tools, and pottery |
| anthropology | study of the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans |
| geology | study of the origin, history, and structure of the earth |
| Equator | the imaginary great circle around the earth's surface |
| Prime Meridian | the zero meridian that passes through Greenwich, England dividing the east from the west |
| parallels | lines of latitude on a map |
| caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
| Babylonia | ancient region in S.E. Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. |
| empire | many territories and people under one government |
| Assyria | ancient northern Mesopotamia |
| New Babalonian Empire | revival of the old Babylonian empire between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Nebuchanezzar II | king of the New Babylonian empire 605-561 B.C. |
