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mesopatamia
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| canal | a man made waterway |
| city-state | A political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding country side |
| cuneiform | one of the earliest known forms of written expression written in sumer. |
| empire | A land with different territories and people under a single rule. |
| fertile cresent | An area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first civilization began. |
| Hammurabi code | A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
| irrigation | A way of supplying to an area of land |
| monarch | A ruler of a kingdom or empire |
| monotheism | The belief in only one god |
| ziggurat | A pyramid shaped temple tower in sumer. |
| pictographs | A picture symbol |
| urban | A city area |
| polytheism | The worship or belief in many gods |
| surplus | More of something that is needed |
| priests | A person who preforms religious ceremonies |
| silt | A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks |
| prophet | someone who is said to receive a message from god to be taught to others |
| scribe | A writer |
| rural | A countryside area |
| barter | Trading system in which people exchange goods without using money |
| cavalry | Any military unit that is is quick and mobile.Typically they are warriors who ride into battle on horseback |
| covenant | A legal agreement or binding contract |
| ensi | A term for king of a city state in ancient Sumeria |
| domestication | Process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use |
| paleolithic | Old stone age marked by the use of stone tools |
| Neolithic | New stone age the agricultural revolution began |
| caravan | A group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling across a desert |