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irrigation

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The bringing of water to crop fields by means of canals and ditches

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silt

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I fine soil carried in the water of rivers

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fertile crescent

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an arc of rich farmland in southwest Asia between the Persian golf and the Mediterranean sea

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City state

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A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit

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cultural diffusion

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1966 1976 uprising in China lead by the red guards with the goal of establishing a society of peasants and workers in which we all were equal

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dynasty

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A series of rulers from a single-family

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empire

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A political unit in which a number of peoples or countries are controlled by a single ruler

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polytheism

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I believe in many gods

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hammurabi

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most enduring legacy code of laws