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Module 3: Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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polytheism   the worship of many gods  
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scribe   a writer  
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chariot   a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle  
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civilization   an organized societt within a specific area  
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surplus   more than they needed  
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Fertile Crescent   a large arc of rich, or fertile farmlans  
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irrigation   a way of supplying water to an area of land  
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empire   land with different territories and peoples under a single rule  
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city-state   consisted of a city and all the countryside around it  
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rural   countryside  
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urban   city  
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cuneiform   the world's first system of writing  
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Mesopotamian inventions   writing, wheel, sewers, plow, cylinder seal  
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Akkadian Empire   World's 1st empire led by Sargon  
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Babylonian Empire   Written law code called Hammurabi's code  
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Assyrian Empire   Used iron weapons in battle  
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Persian Empire   World's largest empire  
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Judaism   monotheistic religion found in the Fertile Crescent  
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Mesopotamians settled in the Fertile Crescent   the 2 rivers mean more rich soil for farming  
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