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Mesopotamia Vocabula

Mesopotamia

TermDefinition
canal a man made water-way
city-state a political unit consiting of a city and its surrounding countryside.
cuneiform one of the earliest known forms written expression written in summer.
empire a land with different territories and people under a single rule.
fertile creascent a area of a rich farm land in southwest Asia where the first civilization began.
hammurabi's a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
irrigation a way of supplies water to a area of land.
Monarch a ruler of a kingdom or empire.
monotheism the believe in only one god.
ziggurat. a pyramid shaped temple towering sumen.
pictographs a picture symbol.
urban a city area.
polytheism the worships or beliefs in many gods.
surplus moere of soemthing than is needed.
priests a person who performs religious ceremonies
silt a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming.
prophet someone who is said to receive messages from god to be fought for others.
scribe a writer
rulal a countryside area.
barter trading systèmes in which people exchange goods without using money.
cavalry any military unit that is quick and mobile. typically they are worriers who ride into battle on horseback.
covenant a legal agreement or blinding contact
ensi a term for king of a city-state innocent sumerica.
domestication process of adapting wild pants 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 travelers together across a desert.
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