Fertile Crescent Vocabulary

An ancient city and the farmland surrounding it.

• Empire

• Civilization

• Nomad

• City-State

An advanced state of social, cultural, and organizational human development.

• Civilization

• Province

• Ziggurat

• Artisan

A small group of close-knit and closely related families.

• Clan

• City-State

• Province

• Scribe

An ancient system of writing developed in the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia.

• Ziggurat

• Polytheism

• Scribe

• Cuneiform

A group of states, countries, or civilizations all under one ruler.

• Polytheism

• Civilization

• Empire

• Clan

An area in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The land here is extremely fertile and good for growing.

• Nomad

• Fertile Crescent

• Artisan

• Empire

Someone who travels and moves around in search of food

• Scribe

• Artisan

• Province

• Nomad

The belief in more than one god or goddess.

• Polytheism

• Nomad

• Fertile Crescent

• Province

A part of a country having a government of its own; similar to a state in the US.

• Clan

• Empire

• Province

• Civilization

A person whose job was reading and writing. Usually high on the social ladder.

• Artisan

• Scribe

• Polytheism

• Nomad