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Mes Vocab
Mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
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Fertile Cresent | An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civiliation began |
Silt | a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming |
Irrigation | A way of suppling water to an area of land |
Canal | A human-made waterway |
Surplus | more of something than is needed |
Disvision of labor | An arragement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
Rural | A countryside area |
Urban | A city area |
City-State | A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
Empire | land with different territories and people under a single rule |
Polytheism | The worship of many gods |
Priest | A person who preforms religious ceremonies |
Social Hierarchy | the division of societys by ranks of classes |
Cuneiform | The worlds first system of writing:developed in sumer |
Pictograph | A picture symbol |
Scribe | A writer |
Epics | Long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
Architecture | The science of building |
Ziggurant | Pyrimid-shaped temple in Sumer |
Alphabet | A set of letters that can be combined to form words |
Hammurabi | A babylonian king who made a code of 282 laws |
Chariot | A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
Nebuchadnezzar | a famous Chaldean King who rebuilt babylon into a beautiful city |
Monarch | a ruler of a kindom o empire |