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Mesopotamia Vocabula
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| irrigation | to supply crops with water by pipes or ditches |
| surplus | extra; more than enough |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| scribe | a person trained to read and write Cuneiform |
| stylus | a tool made of reed used to write on clay |
| Cuneiform | wedge-shaped writing invented by the Mesopotamians |
| silt | fertile soil carried by the rivers |
| timeline | organizes events in the order that they happened |
| decade | a period of 10 years |
| century | a period of 100 years |
| B.C. | labels the years before Christ's birth |
| A.D. | labels the years after Christ's birth (anno Domini) |
| barter | to trade one thing for another without the use of money |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | Beautiful gardens built by King Nebuchadnezzar for his homesick wife |
| circa | around or about (abbriviated c. or ca.) |
| ziggurat | Huge temple in Mesopotamia |