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Mesopotamia
Question | Answer |
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large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler | empire |
a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero | epic |
a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire | province |
fine particles of fertile soil | silt |
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory | city-states |
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams | irrigation |
an amount that is left over after a need has been met | surplus |
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top | ziggurat |
writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay | cuneiform |
a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper | scribe |
an ambitious leader who ruled the people of Akkad, known as Akkadians | sargon |
The king that made the first written law | hammurabi |
The first written laws | hammurabi's code |