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Mesopotamia
Vocabulary for Mesopotamia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| city-states | a city that governs itself and its surrounding territories |
| irrigation | a system that supplies dry land with water through pipes, ditches, and streams |
| surplus | an amount left over after a need has been met |
| ziggurat | a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top |
| cuneiform | writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge shaped marks in soft clay |
| scribe | a person who copies down or writes out documents, often a record keeper. |
| epic | a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero |
| empire | a large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler |
| province | a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire |
| silt | fine particles of fertile soil |
| Hammurabi | a ruler who created one of the first written code of laws |
| Sargon | a ruler that developed one of the first empires and did it with 2 cultures |