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Unit 2 fertile crese
Unit 2 fertile cresent
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fertile Crescent | Fertile land in the Middle East in a semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| civilization | The most advanced stage of human development and organization |
| code | A collection of organized laws |
| irrigation | Supplying with water by man-made methods |
| job specialization | Members of a community perform the jobs that they are most suited for |
| Mesopotamia | The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| polytheism | A belief in many gods |
| scribes | A class of scholars and copiers who were the basis of the government, the army and the priesthood. They did the writing for the bulk of society. |
| City- state | Independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages. |
| Levees | A bank built along a river to prevent flooding |
| Sumer | A region in southern Mesopotamia where many cities formed. These cities were isolated from each other by geography. |
| Artisans | A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand. |
| Cuneiform | Form of writing that consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay tablets with a sharp-ended reed. |
| Ziggurat | A grand temple where people prayed to their many gods: “mountain of god” or “hill of heaven” |
| Empire | A group of many different lands under one ruler |
| Babylon | A city in Mesopotamia located by the euphrates river in the 1800s B.C.E that quickly became a center for trade. |
| Hammurabi’s Code | A collection of over 200 laws that covered almost every area of life and influenced laws later. |
| Social Pyramid | Shows the levels of each each social class in terms of importance |
| Nobles | Belonging to a high class that has special social and political status |
| Akkadians | A group of people who took over Sumer and formed the first empire |
| Silt | Silt is a type of soil made up of tiny rock particles. It helps plants grow, as it holds water and nutrients |