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Mesoptamia
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Cresent | Large arch of fertile farmland |
| Irrigation | Supply or water to fields using man made tunnels |
| Canal | Human made waterways that carry water to land |
| Surplus | More than is needed |
| City-State | Consists of a city and all countryside around it |
| Empire | Groups of different of land and people governed to one ruler |
| Polythesim | The belief of many gods |
| Priest | People who peform religous ceremonies |
| Social Hierarchy | The divison of a society by rank or class |
| Cuneiform | The worlds first writing create by sumerians |
| Pictograph | Picture symbols that represent a word or object |
| Scribe | A writer |
| Ziggurat | A religous temple to worship the gods |
| Hammurabis Code | The first 282 written laws |
| Famine | An extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger |
| Monarchy | One ruler |
| Alphabet | A set of letters used to form words |