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Today in class we learned that we are having a test tomorrow and we went over review questions the whole time. The questions were Cuneiform- first form of writing. Fertile Crescent- Euphrates, good soil from flooding. Fertile Crescent covers Syria, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Israel. Dynasty- when king dies the son takes over and it goes on forever. Cultural Diffusion- culture spreads to other countries like Mcdonalds. Irigation- brings water to people. Polytheism- a belief in many gods like animals or people. Monarchy- a government were a king leads. Zigurat- were people worship there gods. Gilgamesh- a king and said there was a flood that killed everybody besides him and he repopulated the world. Paleolithic- When people were hunters and gatherers. Hamurabis Code- 282 laws, eye for an eye and they were carved in pillars.