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Mesopotamia Vocab
Sumerian city-state vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates river in modern day iraq |
| Tigris River | one of the largest rivers in southwest Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf Top/Right |
| Euphrates River | one of the largest rivers in southwest Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf Bottom/Left |
| Sumer | an area in Mesopotamia where the first city-states appeared |
| Irrigation | the way of supplying land with water |
| levee | mounds of dirt packed on the sides of rivers to prevent them from flooding |
| silt | fine particles of rocks |
| city-state | a small independent country with it's own laws and governement |
| civilization | a society or community made up by it’s arts, sciences, government, and social structure. |
| artisan | a person who makes things by hand |
| cuneiform | writing that uses wedged -shaped characters |
| social structure | how a civilization is organized |
| technology | the use of tools and other things used for any purposes |
| scribe | a person who writes |
| merchant | a person who makes money by selling goods and resources |
| pictograph | a symbol that represents an object |
| culture | the ideas and things that make up a civilization |
| ziggurat | an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with an outside staircase and a shrine at the top |
| empire | A big area where lots of people are ruled by one person. |
| capital | A capital is a city that contains the center of government. |
| tribute | money or a valuable item |
| code of laws | The code of laws is a collection of written laws and rules. |
| economy | Economy is the way a country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods. |
| strategies | Strategies are a planned approach. |
| invaders | Invaders are people who forces themselves into a place where they do not belong. |
| unify | To unify means to join together. |
| Hammurabi's Code | Hammurabi’s Code is a collection of laws of King Hammurabi from Babylon. |
| siege | Siege is a military attack on a city to force it to surrender. |
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