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Mesopotamia
SS vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | A region of the Middle East that stretches in a large crescent shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. It includes Mesopotamia. |
| Mesopotamia | Wide, flat, plain in present-day Iraq |
| Iraq | the country where Mesopotamia once existed |
| Tigris and Euphrates River | The 2 rivers which flow south east through Iraq to the Persian Gulf in between which Mesopotamia once existed. |
| Sumer | An important part of Mesopotamia made up of many city-states very advanced civilization 1st civilization |
| irrigate | ver bto supply water to an area away from a water source |
| city-state | an independent state consisting of a city and its surroundings. |
| barter | a trading system where people exchange goods directly without using money |
| polytheism | the belief in more than one god or deity |
| deity | another word for God |
| monotheism | the belief in one God or deity |
| ziggurat | a temple that looked like a pyramid shaped brick tower. It rose up in steps. Some were 7 stories tall. |
| cuneiform | a system of writing that used tringular shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things. |
| bronze | a harder metal than copper: made by mixing copper and tin. Used for weapon making. |
| empire | state containing several countries or territories |
| Hammurabi's Code | a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire; almost 300 written laws |
| Rule of law (think FOLLOW THE RULES!) | idea that all members of society, even the rich, must obey the law. |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | beautiful, terraced gardens filled with exotic plants An elaborate irrigation system watered them. |
| tribute | payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power |
| Phoenicians | Sailors who dominated sea trade across the Mediterranean |
| colony | an area ruled by a distant country |
| cultural diffusion | The spreading of cultural traits from one region to another |
| Phoenician Alphabet | This alphabet had 22 symbols. Each stood for a consonant sound The alphabet made writing much easier to learn, so more people could learn to write. |
| poly | This prefix means MANY. When you see it at the start of a word know it means MANY. |
| mono | This prefix means ONE. when you see it at the start of the word it mean ONE. |
| irrigation | noun- applicaation of water to land to assist in watering crops |
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Elena Heglund
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