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Mesopotamia Vocab
Module 3: Mesopotamia Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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polytheism | the worship of many gods |
scribe | a writer |
chariot | a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
civilization | an organized societt within a specific area |
surplus | more than they needed |
Fertile Crescent | a large arc of rich, or fertile farmlans |
irrigation | a way of supplying water to an area of land |
empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
city-state | consisted of a city and all the countryside around it |
rural | countryside |
urban | city |
cuneiform | the world's first system of writing |
Mesopotamian inventions | writing, wheel, sewers, plow, cylinder seal |
Akkadian Empire | World's 1st empire led by Sargon |
Babylonian Empire | Written law code called Hammurabi's code |
Assyrian Empire | Used iron weapons in battle |
Persian Empire | World's largest empire |
Judaism | monotheistic religion found in the Fertile Crescent |
Mesopotamians settled in the Fertile Crescent | the 2 rivers mean more rich soil for farming |