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Ancient Mesopotamia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. monarchy | a social order ruled by a king |
| 2. demigod | the belief that kings were part man and part god |
| 3. Assyrian Empire | The Assyrians were one of the major peoples to live in Mesopotamia during ancient times. |
| 4. Fertile Crescent | land located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| 5. Hammurabi | important king who developed an overarching set of laws for all citizens to follow |
| 6. Babylonian Empire | Founded by Hammurabi in 1792 BC |
| 7. Nebuchadnezzar | Nebuchadnezzar was a king of the Babylonian Empire |
| 8. city-state | agricultural areas with a walled city in the center of the region |
| 9. Sumer | one of the world’s first city-states |
| 10. polytheism | religious belief in more than one god |
| 11. domestication | change plants and animals to make them useful for humans for work |
| 12. cuneiform | world’s first writing system from Mesopotamia that used symbols pressed into clay |
| 13. caste system | social structure in which one's class in society is determined by heredity |
| 14. irrigation | the supplying of water to land by man-made means |
| 15. social hierarchy | ranking of people in a society according to their importance |