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Mesopotamia part 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesopotamia | An ancient land, now the modern country of Iraq, that held several great civilizations. (such as the Sumerians & the Babylonians) |
| city-states | a central city and its surrounding area/countryside. |
| scribe | a person whose job was to copy written records by hand. |
| cuneiform | the first form of writing, developed by the Sumerians. |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods, like the people of ancient Mesopotamia. This was their way of explaining things they didn’t yet understand. |
| Tigris | rivers the people settled along in ancient Mesopotamia. |
| Euphrates | rivers the people settled along in ancient Mesopotamia. |
| ziggurat | a temple built in ancient Mesopotamia (for worship). |
| Paleolithic | Known as “old stone age”, the time when people were more nomadic and had to hunt for food to live |
| Neolithic | Known as the "new stone age"; The time when people began to grow their own food and to settle down into organized communities. |
| domesticate | To tame an animal &/or to raise plants for food |
| latitude | imaginary lines running across on the globe; locate distances north and south of the equator. |
| longitude | imaginary lines that run up and down on the globe. These measure distances east and west of the prime meridian. |
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