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Middle East Vocab#2
Sumer
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| Tigris and Euphrates Rivers | the two rivers that provide the ancient middle east (Iraq) with silt and irrigation |
| Cultural Diffusion | the spread of ideas/technology/culture etc. from one place to another |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian writing system, consisted of wedge shaped markings that represented spoken syllables |
| Irrigation | ditch/trench/canal/pipes to bring water from a river or lake to your fields to grow crops, |
| Public Works | refers to any government/societal project that involves altering ones environment and or building structures that will benefit society ex roads |
| Silt | fine fertile soil left behind after a river floods and then recedes, fine fertile soil left behind after a river floods and then recedes, |
| Sumer | the oldest civilization in recorded history, thrived in Mesopotamia |
| Theocracy | type of government where religious leaders / figures rule |
| Surplus | having/producing more goods than you will use, it’s what you trade or sell to get other things |
| Wheel, Sail, Plow | Inventions of Ancient Sumer |