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Artisan
A person skilled at making things by hand.
City-State
A self governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands and settlements; a city that controls the surrounding villages and towns.
Cuneiforms
The earliest form of writing invented by the Sumerians.
Empire
A group of different lands and people governed by one ruler.
Famine
An extreme lack of crops or food, causing widespread hunger.
Irrigation
The supply of water to fields using human made systems.
Polytheism
A belief of many gods.
Ritual
A formal series of acts always performed in the same way; a religious ceremony.
Silt
An especially fine and fertile soil.
Social class
A category of people based on wealth or status in a society.
Tribute
A tax paid or goods and services rendered in return for protection.
Ziggurat
A pyramid shaped temple in Sumerian city-states.
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