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Mesopotamia Review
Mesopotamia and Fertile Crescent
Question | Answer |
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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 |