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Mesopotamia: Terms
Unit 2 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Silt | -a mixture of soil and tiny rocks |
| Dam | -a barrier preventing the flow of water |
| Irrigation | -a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| Surplus | -more than what is needed |
| Rural | -countryside |
| Urban | -city |
| Empire | -land with different territories and people under a single rule |
| Wheel | -a disk or circular frame turning on a center point |
| City-State | -a city and all countryside around it |
| Scribe | -writter |
| Pictographs | -picture symbols |
| Epics | -long poems that tell the stories of heros |
| Cuneiform | -the world's first system of writing |
| Architecture | -the science of building |
| Ziggurat | -a pyramiad shaped temple tower |
| Alphabet | -a set of letters that can be combined to form words |
| Chariot | -a wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle |
| Code of Law | -a set of written laws |
| Priests | -people who preformed religious ceromonies |
| Polytheism | -the worship of many gods |
| Social Hierachy | -the division of society by rank or class |
| Monarch | -a ruler of a kindgom or empire |
| Plow | -a tool used for tilling, and turning, the soil for planting |
| Stylus | -a sharp, pointed tool |
| Division of Labor | -the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
| Aqueducts | -pipes or channels used to carry water |
| Canals | -human made waterways |
| Fertile Crescent | -a larger arc of rich, or fertile, farmland |
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