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Mesopotamia Vocab

TermDefinition
civilization complex societies that have cities, government, art, religion, class divisions and writing system.
Fertile Crescent fertile land in the Middle East stretching from Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.
Irrigation supplies water to the crops using walls, waterways, ditches and canals.
Job Specialization members of the community are suited for certain occupations.
Mesopotamia The land between two rivers.
Nobles High Class that has special social or political status.
Polytheism the belief in many Gods.
Scribes an honored position; record keeper
Social pyramid shows the levels of each social class in terms of importance.
Sumer region in Southern Mesopotamia that had many cities by 3000 BCE
City-state city that had it's own government and was NOT part of any larger unit.
Sargon King of Akkadians in northern Mesopotamia.
Babylon Ancient city that is now present day Iraq.
Hammurabi's Codes a collection of over 200 laws.
Artisans skilled workers who made metal products or pottery.
Empire A group of many lands under ONE rule.
Ziggurat a temple used for worship.
Cuneiform the writing system that used wedge shaped marks cut into a clay tablet.
Hammurabi King of the Babylonians
Akkadians a group of people who took over Sumer and formed the first empire.
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