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| artisan | skilled worker who makes metal products, cloth or pottery |
| astronomer | a person who studies stars, planets and other heavenly bodies |
| caravan | a group of traveling merchants and animals |
| city-state | a Sumerian city and the land around it, with its own government and not part of any larger unit |
| civilization | a complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions and a writing system |
| cuneiform | the written language of the Sumerian people. The writing used hundreds of wedge ahped marks cut into clay tablets |
| irrigation | allows farmers to grow food and support a large population by watering crops. Uses waterways, ditches and walls to bring water to crops |
| province | a political district |
| scribe | people who were trained to write and become record keepers. They held honored positions in society, often going on to become judges and political leaders |
| empire | a group of many different lands under one ruler |
