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Mesopotamia
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Barter | Trading system in which people exchange goods without using money. |
| Convenant | A legal aggrement or binding contract |
| Cavalary | Any millitary unit that is quick and mobile typically , they are warrriors who ride into battle on horseback. |
| Ensi | A term for a king in acient summerian |
| Domestication | Procces of adapting wild plant and animals for human use. |
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age marked by the use of stone tools. |
| Neolithic | New Stone Age The Agricultral revolution began where humans staring farming. |
| Caravan | A group of people espesically traders or pilgrims, traveling together across or dessert. |
| Canal | A man made water way |
| City-state | A poltical unit consitting of a city and it's surronding countryside . |
| Cuneiform | One of a city and it's eariliest know forms written expersions written in. |
| Empire | A land with diffrent terroteries and people under single rule. |
| Fertile Cressent | An area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first civlization began. |
| Hammurabi's code | A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life |
| Irragtion | A way of suppling water |
| Monarch | A ruler of a kingdom or empire. |
| Monothesim | The belif in only one god |
| Ziggurat | A pyrimid shaped temple tower in summer |
| Pictographs | A picture symbol |
| Urban | A city area |
| Polythesim | The worship or belif in many gods. |
| Surplus | More of something than is needed. |
| Priests | A person who performs relgious ceromneis |
| Silt | A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that make land ideal for farming |
| Prophet | Someone who is said to recice messages form god to be taught others . |
| Scribe | A writer |
| Rural | A country side area |