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Unit 2 Mesopotamia

TermDefinition
levee A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.
silt A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
irrigation A means of supplying water to an area of land.
division of labor The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
city-state An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government; it consisted of the city and the countryside around it.
empire Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
polytheism The worship of many gods.
priest People who perform religious ceremonies.
social hierarchy The division of society by class or rank.
pictograph A picture symbol.
scribe A person who writes.
cuneiform The world’s first system of writing; it used a stylus to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
epics Long poems that tell the stories of heroes.
architecture The science of building.
ziggurat A pyramid shaped temple tower; an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top.
Fertile Crescent An arc shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil.
cradle Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ___ of civilization because it is the first place where complex urban centers grew.
Sargon The Akkadian King who defeated all of the city- states of Sumer and established the world’s first empire.
Hammurabi The greatest Babylonian monarch, famous for his Code of Laws.
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