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World History 1
Mesopotamia Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cuneiform | world's earliest system of writing; pictographic Invented by the Sumerians |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | epic poem; perhaps the world's oldest piece of literature |
| Civilization whose economy was based on international trade | Phoenicians: their boats traveled back and forth across the Mediterranean Sea trading with people in Africa, Europe, and Mesopotamia |
| phonographic alphabet | based on sounds, it influenced many other writing systems. Invented by the Phoenicians |
| stylus | a writing utensil used to make shapes in wet clay (Cuneiform). |
| Hammurabi's Code | world's first law code (system of laws) created by Babylonian king. ("eye for an eye; tooth for a tooth") |
| monotheism | belief in one god. |
| Abraham | leader of the Hebrews, who created the first monotheistic religion |
| Moses | created one of the world's first written religious guidelines, the Ten Commandments; led the Hebrew people out of Egypt. |
| Ten Commandments | religious and non-religious rules that Hebrews/Jews try to follow; created by the Hebrew leader, Moses. |