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Mes Vocab
Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |