a person who provides materials, products, or services to a buyer, usually in exchange for money

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the exchange of goods and services by sale or barter

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products meant to satisfy the wants and needs of buyers

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a person who was educated and wrote books or other documents by hand

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an advanced form of culture

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the relationship that people have with anything they consider holy or spiritual, such as their god or gods

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the belief in many gods

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an independent kingdom or state made up of a city and the surrounding lands it controls

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an ancient religious structure that resembles a pyramid

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a way of illustrating the social organization of a particular society

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a system of writing that was widely used in the ancient Middle East

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the artificial application of water to land

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a term that describes societies, tribes, clans, families, or other groups ruled by a man

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two rivers in southwestern Asia

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the site of one of the world’s oldest civilizations, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what was then called Mesopotamia and is today southern Iraq

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the shared characteristics of a group of people

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a large group of territories and people who are ruled by a single sovereign leader or nation

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an ancient civilization in Mesopotamia with the city of Akkad as its capital that made up the northern portion of ancient Babylonia

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the most famous ruler (mainly because of the laws he set down) of the first dynasty of Babylon, from about 1792 to 1750 BC

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an empire that gained power for a brief period following the Assyrian Empire

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a king of Babylon who reigned for more than 40 years (ca. 605-562 BC) and expanded the empire of his father, Nabopolassar, in a series of military campaigns

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