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Mesopotamia and FC
Review for Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | the large are of rich, fertile farmland located around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| silt | a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks left behind by the flooding of the rivers |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
| canals | human-made waterways |
| surplus | more than is needed |
| division of labor | when each workers specializes in a particular task or job |
| rural | countryside |
| urban | city |
| city-state | a city and all the countryside around it |
| empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods (not just one) |
| priests | people who performed religious ceremonies |
| social hierachy | the division of society by rank or class |
| cuneiform | the world's first writing system |
| pictograph | picture symbols |
| scribe | writer |
| epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| architecture | the science of building |
| ziggurat | a pyramid-shaped temple tower |
| monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or empire |
| Hammurabi's Code | a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
| chariot | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
| alphabet | a set of letters that can be combined to form words |