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mesoptain
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| scribe | person who learned to write |
| surplus | lots of something |
| city-states | a political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory |
| irrigation | to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers |
| ziggurat | pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure characteristic of the major cities of Mesopotamia |
| cuneiform | denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets. |
| epic | a story |
| empire | and the ______ will rule... Darth vader |
| province | terrtory |
| silt | fine sand or clay |
| Hammurabis code | set of laws |
| sargon | was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. |