Mesopotamia Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
civilization | a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure |
Mesopotamia | Greek for "land between the rivers"; Fertile Crescent, between Euphrates & Tigris |
Fertile Crescent | arc-shaped large area of rich, fertile farmland between Mediterranean Sea & Persian Gulf |
irrigation | way of supplying water to an area of land |
silt | mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks |
canals | human-made waterways |
surplus | more than needed |
division of labor | arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job |
archaeology | digging up and studying artifacts in order to learn about the people of past civilizations |
rural | countryside areas |
urban | city |
city-state | city and countryside around it, with its own independent government |
Gilgamesh | king of Uruk who became legendary figure in Sumerian literature - first epic poem |
empire | land with different territories and peoples under a single rule |
polytheism | worship of many gods |
priests | people who perform religious ceremonies |
social hierarchy | division of society by rank or class |
cuneiform | world's first system of writing |
pictographs | picture symbols |
scribe | writer |
epics | long poems that tell the stories of heroes |
architecture | science of building |
ziggurat | pyramid-shaped temple tower |
monarch | ruler of a kingdom or empire |
Hammurabi's Code | set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life |
chariot | wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle |
alphabet | set of letters that can be combined to form words |
Sargon | world's first emperor |
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