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Mesopotamia (Jewell)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a region in southwest asia; site of the first civilization is | fertile crescent |
| Land between the Tigris and Euphrates river was | mesopotamia |
| mesopotamia means | land between the rivers |
| what is bits of soil carried by a flowing river | silt |
| Supplying water to dry land by using canals or ditches is | Irrigation |
| more than what is needed is | Surplus |
| Process where people become skilled at different jobs | Specialization of labor |
| A city that is also a seperate, independent state | City-State |
| The earliest cities rose up in a part of Mesopotamia called | Sumer |
| The wheel was invented in | Sumer |
| A system of government in which a king or queen rules | Monarchy |
| the belief in many gods | Polytheism |
| The largest building in most of Sumerian cities was a huge mud-brick temple called a | ziggurat |
| a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people's beliefs | Myth |
| many territories and peoples controlled by one government | Empire |
| the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury | Babylon |
| the king of Babylon from about 1792 to 1750; creator of the Babylonian Empire | Hammurabi |
| an organized list of laws and rules | code |
| a group of traders traveling together | caravan |
| a market selling different kinds of goods | Bazaar |
| named after the northern city of Assur,began expanding their lands in the 1300s B.C. By the 600sB.C., they controlled a large empire. | The Assyrians |
| a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels | Battering ram |
| two groups joined together to defeat the Assyrian Empire in 612 B.C. | Medes and Chaldeans |
| a proffessional writer | Scribe |
| groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent | Cuneiform |
| a set of symbols that represent the sounds of a language, developed by the Phoenicians | alphabet |
| the belief in one God | monotheism |
| a man named Abraham made a covenant with God around | 2000 B.C. |
| a promise made by God | Covenant |
| a time when there is so little food that many people starve | Famine |
| to force someone to live in another country | Exile |
| a religious teacher who is regarded as someone who speaks for God or for a god | Prophet |
| the scattering of people who have a common backround or beliefs | Diaspora |
| the new Babylonian Empire fell to the Persians, led by Cyrus the Great in | 539 B.C. |
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