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mesoptamia
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nebuchadezzar | rebuilt battle damaged babylon and famous for the hanging gardins |
| alphabet | a set of letters used to form words |
| monarch | a ruler of a kingdom |
| chariot | wheeled horse drawn battle car |
| hammurabi | famous for code of laws written down for all to see |
| social hierarchy | division of scociety by rank or class |
| cuneiform | first system of writing sumerians created it |
| scribe | hired to keep track of the items people traded |
| epic | long poem or short story that tells a story about a hero |
| rural | country side open space |
| city state | city with all country side around it |
| polyteisim | the belief in many gods |
| architecture | the science of building |
| empire | land with different territories and people under a single ruler |
| priests | people who preform religious ceremonies |
| ziggurat | a pyramid shaped tower that rose above each sumerian city |
| urban | a city area like new york |
| sargon | eatablished the worldsfirst empire |