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Unit 2 Vocab

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FERTILE CRESCENT A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF FERTILE LAND IN THE MIDDLE EAST STRETCHING IN A SEMICIRCLE FROM THE NILE TO THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS.
MESOPOTAMIA THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS (TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES)
CIVILIZATION THE STAGE OF HUMAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATION THAT IS CONSIDERED MOST ADVANCED
CITY - STATE INDEPENDENT STATE MADE UP OF A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING LAND AND VILLAGES.
SUMER A REGION IN SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA WHERE MANY CITIES FORMED. THESE CITIES WERE ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER BY GEOGRAPHY.
IRRIGATION SUPPLYING WITH WATER BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS
JOB SPECIALIZATION JOB SPECIALIZATION
ARTISANS A WORKER IN A SKILLED TRADE, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT INVOLVES MAKING THINGS BY HAND.
SCRIBES SCRIBES WERE VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE. THEY WERE TRAINED TO WRITE CUNEIFORM AND RECORD MANY OF THE LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN MESOPOTAMIA.
CUNEIFORM FORM OF WRITING THAT CONSISTED OF HUNDREDS OF WEDGE-SHAPED MARKS CUT INTO DAMP CLAY TABLETS WITH A SHARP-ENDED REED.
ZIGGURAT A GRAND TEMPLE WHERE PEOPLE PRAYED TO THEIR MANY GODS; “MOUNTAIN OF GOD” OR “HILL OF HEAVEN”
POLYTHEISM THE BELIEF IN OR WORSHIP OF MORE THAN ONE GOD.
EMPIRE A GROUP OF MANY DIFFERENT LANDS UNDER ONE RULER.
HAMMURABI BABYLONIAN KING WHO BEGAN CONQUERING CITIES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH AND CREATED THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE. KNOWN FOR HIS LAW CODE, OR COLLECTION OF LAWS. c. 1792 B.C.
BABYLON A CITY IN MESOPOTAMIA LOCATED BY THE EUPHRATES RIVER IN THE 1800S B.C.E THAT QUICKLY BECAME A CENTER FOR TRADE.
HAMMURABI’S CODE A COLLECTION OF OVER 200 LAWS THAT COVERED ALMOST EVERY AREA OF LIFE AND INFLUENCED LAWS LATER.
SOCIAL PYRAMID SHOWS THE LEVELS OF EACH SOCIAL CLASS IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE.
NOBLES BELONGING TO A HIGH CLASS THAT HAS SPECIAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STATUS.
AKKADIANS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK OVER SUMER AND FORMED THE FIRST EMPIRE
SARGON KING OF THE AKKADIANS, CONQUERED ALL OF MESOPOTAMIA AND SET UP THE WORLD’S FIRST EMPIRE. c. 2340 B.C.
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