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(Ciudad-Estado) Independent city ruled by a king that also controlled villages around. | |
CUNEIFORM (Cuneiforme) Writing system used in Mesopotamia. They wrote by making incisions with a stylus on wet clay tablets. | |
FLOOD (Inundación/crecida del río) Water which overflows its natural banks onto dry land. | |
HIEROGLYPHIC (Jeroglífico) Writing system used in Egypt. They expressed sounds, words and ideas through drawing pictograms on papyrus (vegetable fibres). | |
IRRIGATION (Regadío) Artificial application of water to a land in order to grow crops. | |
MUMMY (Momia) A dead person prepared for burial. | |
PHARAOH (Faraón) Egyptian king who had absolute power and ruled in the name of the gods. | |
RIVER BANK (Orillas o laterales de un río) Land next to a river. | |
SCRIBE (Escriba) A member of the Egyptian society in charge of writing official documents. | |
TAX (Impuesto) Money paid to the government. | |
ZIGGURAT (Zigurat) Mesopotamian temple dedicated to the city’s patron god. |
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