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Mesopotamians
Term | Definition |
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Scribe | specialized worker who recorded business transactions, important events, customs, traditions, and laws |
Trade | exchange of goods |
Civilization | Complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system |
Cuneiform | Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped ?markings |
Religion | belief in and worship of gods and goddesses |
Irrigation | Method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops |
Temple | place of worship |
Polytheism | a belief in many gods |
City-state | the city and its surrounding lands and settlements |
Empire | group of different lands governed by one ruler |