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Mesopotamia Review
Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped symbols and world's first system of writing |
| ziggurats | place to honor gods |
| cylinder seals | used to mark property |
| Hittites | ruled after Hammurabi |
| cedar wood | one of Phoenicia's resources |
| Mesopotamia | fertile land between Asia Minor and Persian Gulf |
| canals | man made and used to control river's flow |
| civilization | with a steady food supply, people can develop a complex society |
| Sargon's empire | fought city-states nearby and conquered northern Mesopotamia |
| Sumerians | worshipped their gods and developed the world's first civilization |
| priests | served a role between the gods and Sumerians |
| Mesopotamian society | based on agriculture |
| Gilgamesh | legendary figure |
| irrigation | way to supply water to land |
| surplus | extra supply of goods |
| social hierarchy | grouping society by class or rank |
| scribe | person educated in writing |