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mesopotamia
| Question | Definition |
|---|---|
| irrigation | the supply of water to fields using man made systems |
| Surplus | more than is needed (usually used to describe a supply of foo |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) | |
| Alphabet - a set of letters that can be combined to form words |