Ancient Mesopotamia
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| Mesopotamia | the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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| floodplain | the flat land bordering a river
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| silt | the fine soil deposited by flood waters
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| semiarid | having little rainfall and warm temperatures
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| drought | little rainfall
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| Sargon | took control of northern and southern Mesopotamia
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| Akkadian | first empire in world history
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| Babylonian Empire | started when the Amorites attacked and controlled city-states in Sumer
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| Assyrians | fierce fighters who fought on horseback and with chariots
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| Persians | defeated the Chaldeans and Medes and ruled with tolerance
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| Medes and Chaldeans | defeated the Assyrians
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| Nebuchadnezzar | lead the Chaldeans
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| Nebuchadnezzar | built the Hanging Gardens, Ishtar Gate, and Tower of Babel
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| stylus | sharpened reed used to press markings into clay
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| scribe | a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper
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| polytheism | belief in many gods and goddesses
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| cuneiform | wedged-shaped writing invented by the Sumerians
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| Sumerian inventions | wheel, plow, cuneiform, potter's wheel
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| empire | collection of many peoples and lands under control of one ruler
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| emperor | ruler of an empire
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| Hammurabi | ruler of Babylonian Empire
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| surplus | more than what is needed to survive
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| civilization | advanced form of culture
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| Sumer | civilization in southern Mesopotamia
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| city-state | political unit that includes a city and nearby farmland
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| ziggurat | temple that was the most important structure in the city and also used as a city hall
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| Order of the Mesopotamian empires | Akkadian, Babylonian(Amorites), Assyrian, Chaldeans (New Babylonians) Persians
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| What was the Royal Road? | Road used for government purposes – royal messages were sent on it
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