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mesopotamia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| irrigation | the supply of water to fields using man made systems |
| 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 |
| Polytheism | the worship/belief in 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 |
| Famine - | an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger |
| Monarch | - a form of government that has one ruler |
| Alphabet | - a set of letters that can be combined to form words |