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KinzingerMesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | an area of fertile land in the Middle East, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is where ancient civilizations flourished |
| city-states | The basic units of Sumerian civilization |
| theocracy | a government where priests rule in the name of a god or gods. |
| ziggurat | a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city. They served as shrines and Sumerians devoted much of their wealth to these temples |
| Code of Hammurabi | a strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamia created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi |
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets- writing system of the Sumerians |
| polytheistic | worshipping multiple gods or deities |
| patriarchal | a society controlled by men, or a society that favors men. Women have very few privileges or rights. |
| nomad | A wanderer, someone who travels place to place without a permanent residence |
| empire | a group of states (or city-states) under a single authority |