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Mesopotamia
land between rivers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | Located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, a large arch of fertile farmland |
| Irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| Canal | human-made waterways that carry water to land |
| Surplus | more than is needed (usually used to describe a supply of food) |
| City-State | consists of a city and all the countryside around it |
| Empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler |
| Polytheism | the worship of many Gods |
| Priest | people who perform religious ceremonies |
| Social Hierarchy | the division of a society by rank or class |
| Cuneiform | the world’s first writing system. Created by the Sumerians |
| Pictograph | picture symbols that represent a word or object |
| Scribe | a writer |
| Ziggurat | a temple for worshipping Gods |
| Hammurabi's Code | the first written laws! 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
| Monarch | one ruler |
| Alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |