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Mesopotamia Question
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia | fertile "land between 2 rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates) |
| Fertile | Soil rich in nutrients and resources |
| irrigation | To bring water to crops |
| shadoof | tool used to irrigate dry land |
| Fertile Crescent | a name for Mesopotamia- fertile land good for growing crops |
| Hammurabi | Emperor with a code of laws- early government |
| Sumerians | the first inhabitants of Sumer |
| City-State | a city and its surrounding land, all follow same rules |
| ziggurat | a pyramid shaped tower used for religious purposes |
| class system | system in which a society is divided into several groups |
| cuneiform | Sumerian's first system of writing, wedge shaped symbols on clay tablets |
| Scribes | professional writer |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Empire | nation or group of people, ruled by one emperor |
| Emperor | Ruler of an empire |
| contributions | something Sumerians passed on to future societies EX: Wheel, writing, religion |