Ancient Civilization: Mesopotamia study guide – Flashcards
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Fertile Crescent
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A large arc of rich fertile farmland
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Silt
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Mixture rich soil
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irrigation
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A way of supplying water to an area of land
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Canals
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Human made waterways
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Surplus
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More than needed
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Division of labor
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Workers specialized a job
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Urban
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City
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rural
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Country side
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city state
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city and country side around it
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empire
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land with different people and territories under a single rule
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polytheism
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worship many gods
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priest
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people who perform religious ceremonies
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Social hierarchy
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The divison of society by rank or class
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Cuneiform
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worlds first language of writing
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Pictographs
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picture or symbol
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scribe
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writer
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epic
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Long poems that tells about heros
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architecture
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the science of building
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ziggurat
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a pyramid shaped temple tower
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Monarch
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a ruler of a kingdom or empire
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Hammurabi's Code
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a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
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Chariot
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A wheeled horse drawn cart use in battle
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Alphabet
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a set of letters that can be combined to form words
