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Mesopotamia Voc.
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | A large arc of fertile lands between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea: the world's earliest civilizations began in the region |
| Mesopotamia | the region in Southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: it was the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations |
| Polytheism | The belief in many gods |
| Myth | Stories about the gods that explain people's beliefs, warned that the god's would punish people who angered them |
| City-State | Consisted of a city as the political center and the surrounding countryside |
| Scribe | A writer, often hired to keep track of the items people traded. |
| Empire | Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
| Tigris River | A river in Southwest Asia: attached to the Persian Gulf: on the East side |
| Euphrates River | A river in Southwest Asia: attached to the Persian Gulf: on the West side |
| Ziggurats | A pyramid shaped temple in Sumer |
| Silt | Finely ground fertile soil that is good for growing crops |
| Irrigation | A way of supplying water an area of land |
| Canals | A man made waterway |
| Surplus | More of something than is needed |
| Division Of Labor | An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
| Priest | A person who performs religious ceremonies |
| Social Hierarchy | The division of society by rank or class |
| Cuneiform | The world's first system of writing: it developed in Sumer |
| Pictographs | A picture symbol |
| Epic | Long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
| Architecture | The science of building |
| Chariot | A wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
| Alphabet | A set of letters that can be combined to form words |
| The Sumerians | First to farm; Farmina/IrrigationGilgamesh- legendary Kingcuneiform, wheel, ziguratconquered fighting between city-stated led to weakness |
| The Akkadians | North of Sumer; Sargon built large army for first time; strong captiol; first army to use arrowsSargon1st empire; permanent army with bows and arrowsbeat by Sumer; no strong leader |
| The Babylonians | Strong armyHammurabichariots; Hammurabi's codeHammurabi died |
| The Assyrians | Briefly gained control of BabylonNoneBattering ramMedes and Chaldeans joined together to destroy it |
| The Chaldeans | Conquered AssyriansNebuehadnezzarComplex geometry problems; calendar; weather records; political records; economic records; hanging gardens; astronomy; studyPersians conquered them |
| The Pheonicians | Made unbelievable money tradingNone1st Alphabet; great traders of the sea; lived off of Mediterranean Sea (Fish etc)Greeks beat them |
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