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A permanent army
standing army
One exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful, such as a god
deity
To take over
conquer
A low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams
alluvial plain
A high, flat area of land
plateau
The governing system in which a king or a queen rules
monarchy
The largest and tallest temple in every Sumerian city-state
ziggurat
The belief in many gods
polytheism
The collection of laws that Hammurabi organized for the people of Babylon to follow
Code of Hammurabi
A style of building
architecture
A required payment from one ruler to a more powerful ruler
tribute
A writing system based on wedge-shaped symbols
cuneiform
A river that flows into a larger river
tributary
Ways to move water to land
irrigation
A city and the farmlands around it
city-state
Writings that include information that describes the best way to plant, irrigate land, and care for crops
almanac
A person who records things for others
scribe
Vast lands and varied people under the control of a single government / the ruler of an empire
empire/emperor
A new way of doing things
innovation
A group of traders traveling together on a long journey
caravan
The right to rule
authority
Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on the land by floodwaters
silt

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