Social Studies Vocab

The main Temples to the gods and goddess of the city state

The land I’m sw Asia that stretched from the Persian gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

The first known system of writing invented by the Sumerians

The area of land located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in sw Asia

The southern most area of the Fertile Crescent where people created the worlds first civilization

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The belief in many gods and goddesses

He process of supplying land with water from another place

A city with its own traditions, form of government, laws, king

Fertile Soil left by the flooding if the river

Stories which explain the beliefs of ancient people