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Mesopotamia and FC
Review for Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Term | Definition |
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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 |