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Mesopotamia SFDS
Chapter 2 SFDS Mesopotamia
| Key Item | Definition |
|---|---|
| Civilization | A centralized society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing, and learning. |
| Technology | The skills and knowledge to make products or meet goals. |
| A | A huge mud-brick temple built by the ancient Sumerians. |
| Government | An organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions. |
| City-state | A city and its surrounding farmlands, with its own leaders and government. |
| Monarchy | The system of government in which a king or queen rules, one person has complete authority. |
| Authority | The right to command or influence. |
| Surplus | An extra supply, usually of food. |
| Merchant | A person who buys and sells goods for a living. |
| Social Class | A group that has a particular amount of importance in a society. |
| Scribe | A person who writes. |
| Innovation | A new way of doing things. |
| Mesopotamian Social Pyramid | At the top was the Kings, Priests, and Nobles. In the middle were the merchants, craftworkers and managers. At the very bottom were the laborers, slaves. Also the society was divided between men and women. Women were supposed to raise families. Some |
| Acre and Quart | Innovations created by Mesopotamians to measure land and liquid. |
| Cuneiform | The writing system of Mesopotamia. Created using a reed and a wet clay tablet. It's in the shape of small, triangle looking figures. |
| Reasons people go to War | 1. Land, for farming and larger cities.2. Water source, to grow crops and use by people. |
| Sargon | The first emperor in the Mesopotamian area. Ruled for 55 years by using good organization skills such as a standing army and letting people he trusts rule areas that are far away from the capital. |
| Conquer | To take over. |
| Empire | A conquered land of many people and places governed by one ruler. |
| Emperor | The ruler of an empire. |
| Taxation | The practice of requiring people to pay taxes to support a government. |
| Code of Hammurabi | The collection of laws organized by Hammurabi for the people of Babylon to follow. |
| Equal Justice | Fair treatment under the law. |
| Assyrians | Conquered the Mesopotamians and then the surrounding areas of Egypt and other places. Conquered the area after Hammurabi. |
| Israelites | Brought the Jewish faith to the area. Monotheism was the idea that came in when they did. Abraham was the father of all nations. |
| Monotheism | A belief in one God. |
| Convenant | An agreement. |
| Ten Commandments | A set of laws responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God. |
| Moses | Led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt to the promised land (Canaan). |
| Abraham | The father of the Jewish faith and nation. Created the covenant of the promised land of Canaan with God. |
| Torah | The sacred books of the Jewish faith, the first five books of the Bible. |
| Phoenicians | Sailors, lived on the coast near the Mediterrean Sea, traders, created the alphabet. |
| The Alphabet | A system of writing created by the Phoenicians where the symbols represent sounds. |
| Colony | A settlement separated from, but under the control of, a home country. |
| Cultural Diffusion | The spread of ideas from one place to others. |
| Barter and Money Economy | Barter-The exchange of one good or service for another. Money Economy-An economic system based on money rather than an barter. |
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Mrs. Hastings
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