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Mesopotamia Vocabula

Mesopotamia Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Fertile Crescent- a large arc of rich, fertile farmland
Silt- a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Irrigation- a way of supplying water to an area of land
Canals- human-made waterways
Surplus- an extra supply of something
Division of labor- an arrangement where each worker specializes in a particular job
Rural countryside areas
Urban the city area
City-state a self-governing city consisting of a city and the countryside around it
Empire land with different territories and people under a single rule
Polytheism the worship of many gods
Priests people who performed religious ceremonies
Social hierarchy the division of society by rank or class
Cuneiform the world’s first system of writing, created by Sumer
Pictographs picture symbols
Scribe- someone trained in the art of writing
Epics long poems that tells the stories of heroes
Architecture the science of building
Ziggurat a pyramid-shaped temple tower
Monarch a ruler of a kingdom or empire
Hammurabi- a king in the Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi’s Code- the first set of written laws
Chariot- a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
Alphabet- a set of letter, based on sounds, that can be combined to form works, created by the Phoenicians
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