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| Mesopotamia | an area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| Fertile Crescent | a region in southwest Asia that was the site of the world's first civilizations |
| scribe | a professional writer |
| city-state | a city that is also a separate, independent state |
| polytheism | a belief in many gods |
| myths | stories about gods that explain people's beliefs |
| empire | many territories and peoples controlled by one government |
| caravan | a group of traders traveling together |
| bazaar | a market selling different kinds of goods |
| cuneiform | groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent |
| ziggurat | pyramid-shaped temple made of terraces on top of each other, linked by ramps and stairs |
