Mesopotamia Study Guide
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| extra food and supplies | surplus
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| money used to improve a country | taxes
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| rivers which made Mesopotamia so fertile | Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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| large building Sumerians used for religion | ziggurat
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| Babylonian leader that is known for creating a set of laws | Hammurabi
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| worship of only one god | monotheism
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| Sumerian writing | cuneiform
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| sytems that includes ditches, dikes, dams, and canals | irrigation
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| tool used to make cuneiform in clay | stylus
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| crescent-shaped piece of land that was great for farming | Fertile Crescent
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| dirt that clogged irrigation canals | silt
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| longest river in Africa | Nile
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| first city-state in Mesopotamia | Sumer
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| reasons for war in Mesopotamia | people fought over land and water
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| low, flat land in Southern Mesopotamia formed by rivers | alluvial plain
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| the rule that says the punishment fits the crime PERFECTLY | "eye for an eye"
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| continent where Mesopotamia is found | Asia
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| examples of things grown on a Mesopotamian farm | wheat, barley, onions
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| main reason people settled in Mesopotamia | water for crops
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| main way Sumerians got the things they needed | trading
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| modern day Mesopotamia is in... | Iraq, Iran, and Israel
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| bits of rock and soil carried or deposited by water | silt
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| time when there is very little to no rain | drought (DROUT)
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| word used to describe things in a city | urban
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| 3 reasons for a surplus of food | fishing, farming, and domestication of animals
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| 3 things that make up a culture | religion, government, and learning
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| Gilgamesh | heroical priest-king from Sumerian city-state of Uruk
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| Mesopotamia | greek for land between two rivers e.g Tigris/Euphrates
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| Cradle of civilization | Mesopotamia - world's first civilization occured there
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| scribes | maintained and improved record keeping
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| 4 Hammurabi reforms | irrigation system, tax system, govt. housing, one religion
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| Irrigation | The watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes
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| Silt | A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock carried and deposited by a river
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