Fertile land in the Middle East in a semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

The most advanced stage of human development and organization

Supplying with water by man-made methods

Members of a community perform the jobs that they are most suited for

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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.

Independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages.

A region in southern Mesopotamia where many cities formed. These cities were isolated from each other by geography.

A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

Form of writing that consisted of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks cut into damp clay tablets with a sharp-ended reed.

A grand temple where people prayed to their many gods: “mountain of god” or “hill of heaven”

A group of many different lands under one ruler

A city in Mesopotamia located by the euphrates river in the 1800s B.C.E that quickly became a center for trade.

A collection of over 200 laws that covered almost every area of life and influenced laws later.

Shows the levels of each each social class in terms of importance

Belonging to a high class that has special social and political status

A group of people who took over Sumer and formed the first empire

Silt is a type of soil made up of tiny rock particles. It helps plants grow, as it holds water and nutrients

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Unit 2 Fertile Cresc

Unit 2 Fertile Crescent

Term	Definition
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 Specialzation	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	Independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages.
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 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

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