Early River Valley Civilizations

Development of skills in a specific kind of work

• artisan

• specialization

• institution

• cuneiform

Skilled worker that makes goods by hand

• specialization

• scribe

• artisan

• barter

Long-lasting pattern of organization in a community

• cuneiform

• institution

• barter

• ziggurat

Professional record keeper

• barter

• scribe

• cuneiform

• Narmer

Wedge-shaped writing developed in Sumer

• scribe

• papyrus

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

Time when people began using bronze

• Bronze Age

• specialization

• artisans

• cultural diffusion

Trading goods and services without money

• specialization

• scribe

• artisan

• barter

Pyramid-shaped monument; part of a temple in Sumer

• dynasty

• delta

• ziggurat

• pyramid

Arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia between the Persian Gulf

and the Mediterranean Sea

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• delta

• silt

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• Fertile Crescent

• delta

• Mesopotamia

• silt