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vocab Mesopotamia
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a person who writes | scribe |
| a particular stage, form, or kind of civilization. | culture |
| advanced stage of social development such as arts and technology. | civilization |
| ancient Mesopotamian temple tower consisting of a lofty pyrimidal structure | Ziggurat |
| enduring patterns of behaviour by participants in a social system. | social structure |
| a symbol that stands for an object | pictograph |
| writing that has the shape of a wedge | cuneiform |
| modern day Iraq, means land between two rivers | Mesopotamia |
| one of the rivers near ancient Mesopotamia | Euphrates River |
| the other river near ancient Mesopotamia | Tigris river |
| an ancient civilization in Mesopotamia | Sumer |
| why did the sumerians move from the Zagros foothills? | food shortages |
| a wall of earth made to hold back water | leevee |
| a tubular passage or channel | canals |