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Mesopotamia

Vocabulary Study Stack for Mesopotamia Unit

TermDefinition
Civilization a group of people with the same RECIPE or way of living
Cuneiform the first form of writing in Mesopotamia made with wedge shaped marks
Merchant a person who buys and sells goods
Scribe a person trained to write and keep records
Ziggurat a large temple built to honor the Mesopotamian gods
Polytheism belief in many gods
Empire a group of lands and people ruled by one leader
City-State a city and the land around it that rules itself
Irrigation a way to bring water to dry land for farming
Silt rich soil left behind after a river floods
Mesopotamia the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Fertile Crescent an area of rich farmland shaped like a crescent
Tigris one of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia the Northern river
Euphrates one of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia the Southern river
Hammurabi’s Code the first written set of laws
Plow a tool used to turn soil for planting crops
Natural barriers landforms like mountains or deserts that protect an area from invaders
Fiercely in a strong or powerful way
Scarce hard to find or limited
Physical Environment the land
Unpredictable hard to know what will happen next
Religion a belief system about gods or spiritual life
Absolute complete or total control
Tokens small objects used to count or trade good
Societies groups of people living and working together
Significant important or meaningful
Foundation the base or beginning of something
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