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Mesopotamia
Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | farming |
| Arch | A curved entryway that helps create strength and beauty |
| City-state | A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside |
| Cuniform | A form of writing created by Akkadians |
| Domestcation | Training a animal |
| Drought | A dry period of time |
| Emipre | A land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler |
| Irrigation | A way of watering crops |
| Moat | a ditch that is dug to hold water so it can protect the inside land |
| Picographs | A picture symbols |
| Polytheism | The belief in many gods and goddesses |
| Silt | A mixture of little rocks and fertile soil that is ideal for farming |
| Social structure | The social organisation of a society |
| Specilization | The one job you work at |
| Surplus | A large amount |
| Technology | A better way to do things, or an invention |
| Ziggurat | A place of worship in the middle of the city, for higher class |