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Unit 2 Mesopotamia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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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