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Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Civilization | Complex societies that have cities comma governments, art, religion, class divisions and a writing system |
| Fertile Crescent | A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf |
| Irrigation | A process which supplies water to crops by involving walls, waterways, ditches and canals |
| Job specialization | An Unwritten agreement within a community under which the members most suited perform that occupation |
| Mesopotamia | The land between Two Rivers ( tee grays Euphrates and Tigris rivers) |
| Nobles | Belonging to a high class that has special social or political status |
| Polytheism | The belief in many gods |
| Scribe | And honored position in society who were record Keepers |
| Social pyramid | Show us the levels of each social class in terms of importance |
| Sumer | Region and southern Mesopotamia that had many cities by 3000 BCE |
| City - state | City that had its own government and was not part of any larger unit |
| S a r g o n | King of Akkadians in Northern Mesopotamia |
| Babylon | Ancient city that is now present-day Iraq |
| Hammurabi's Code | A collection of over 200 laws that covered almost every area of life and influenced later laws |
| Artisans | Skilled workers who made metal products or pottery |
| Empire | A group of many lands under one rule |
| Ziggurat | Hey Temple used for worship |
| Cuneiform | The writing system used wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay tablets |
| Hammurabi | King of the Babylonians |
| Akkadians |
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