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Complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system
a) civilization
b) caravan
c) city-state
d) empire

Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge shaped markings
a) cuneiform
b) irrigation
c) province
d) caravan

Skilled craftsperson
a) artisan
b) Scribe
c) Hammurabi
d) empire

Independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
a) city-state
b) civilization
c) irrigation
d) empire

Political district
a) province
b) city-state
c) civilization
d) cuneiform

Person who studies stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies
a) astronomer
b) Hammurabi
c) scribe
d) artisan

Record keeper
a) scribe
b) Hammurabi
c) artisan
d) astronomer

Group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government
a) empire
b) province
c) city-state
d) civilization

Group of traveling merchants and animals
a) caravan
b) empire
c) province
d) city-state

Method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
a) irrigation
b) cuneiform
c) civilization
d) Hammurabi

Best known for his law code, or collection of laws
a) Hammurabi
b) scribe
c) artisan
d) astronomer

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