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Mesopotamia Question
Question | Answer |
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Mesopotamia | fertile "land between 2 rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates) |
Fertile | Soil rich in nutrients and resources |
irrigation | To bring water to crops |
shadoof | tool used to irrigate dry land |
Fertile Crescent | a name for Mesopotamia- fertile land good for growing crops |
Hammurabi | Emperor with a code of laws- early government |
Sumerians | the first inhabitants of Sumer |
City-State | a city and its surrounding land, all follow same rules |
ziggurat | a pyramid shaped tower used for religious purposes |
class system | system in which a society is divided into several groups |
cuneiform | Sumerian's first system of writing, wedge shaped symbols on clay tablets |
Scribes | professional writer |
polytheism | belief in many gods |
Empire | nation or group of people, ruled by one emperor |
Emperor | Ruler of an empire |
contributions | something Sumerians passed on to future societies EX: Wheel, writing, religion |