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Mesopotamia vocab

vocabulary on mesopotamia

TermDefinition
Canal man made water-way
city-state a political unit consisting of a city and a surrounding countryside
Cuneiform the earliest known form of writing in Sumer
empire a place with different territories and people under one law
Fertile crescent an area with rich farmland in southwest Asia where civilization began
Hammurabi's code a set of 282 laws a part of daily life
irrigation a way to get water to land
monarch ruler of a kingdom or an empire
monotheism belief in one god
ziggurat a pyramid shaped tower in Sumer
pictograph picture symbol
urban city area
polytheism belief in many gods
surplus more than needed
priests a person who performs religious ceremonies
silt mix of soil and tiny rocks to make land
prophet person who gets word from god
scribe a writer
rural countryside area
barter trading an item for a item without any type of currencies
Calvary military unit that is mobile on horses
Ensi a king of a city-state in sumari
domestication adapting something for human use (ex plants and/or animals)
paleolithic "old stone age" marked by the use of stone tools
Neolithic " new stone age" the agricultural revolution began
caravan group of pilgrims going across a desert
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