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Fertile Crescent

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Hanging Gardens	palace in Babylon
drought	long period without rain
ziggurats	temples
city-state	self-governing
polytheism	many gods
monotheism	only one god
Mesopotamia	land between two rivers
cuneiform	wedge-shaped writing
Code of Hammurabi	eye for an eye justice
Ten Commandments	laws of the Hebrews
Judaism	religion of the Hebrews
aqueduct	raised waterway
silt	bits of rock and soil deposited by a river
levee	wall to keep water back
irrigation	method of watering crops
erosion	wearing away of soil
scribe	official writer
Fertile Crescent	area of rich soil shaped like a quarter moon
empire	a group of lands and people ruled by one government
covenant	special agreement
prophet	person who speaks for God
Torah	Hebrew Bible
Diaspora	scattering Jews away from their homeland

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