BMMS Mesopotamia Ch. 3
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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Mesopotamia | the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. It's a Greek word that means "Land Between the Rivers"
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floodplain | the flat land bordering a river
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silt | the fine soil deposited by floodwaters
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drought | period of little rainfall
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surplus | an amount of a good, such as food, in excess of what is needed
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civilization | an advanced form of culture
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Sumer | an ancient region of southern Mesopotamia
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city-state | a self governing political unit that includes a city and nearby farmlands
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ziggurat | an ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in a series of steplike levels
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polytheism | a belief in many gods or goddesses
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king | the leader of a group of people
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bronze | a metal made from copper and tin
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pictograph | a picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea
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stylus | a sharpened reed used to press markings into clay
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cuneiform | a type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings
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scribe | a person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper
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Fertile Crescent | The term describes a crescent-shaped area of arable land.
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division of labor | the breakdown of labor into its components and their distribution among different persons, groups, or machines to increase productive efficiency
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epic-poem | telling a story about a hero or about exciting events or adventures
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priest | one authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion
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Gilgamesh | a legendary Sumerian king and hero of an epic poem
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social class | a category of people based on wealth or status in a society
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artisan | a person skilled at making things by hand
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famine | an extreme lack of crops or food causing widespread hunger
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