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Chapter 3 Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent - vocab Flashcards

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fertile crescent

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an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began

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silt

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a mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming

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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 of something than is needed

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division of labor

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an arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job

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rural

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a countryside area

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urban

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a city area

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city-state

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a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside

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Gilgamesh

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King of Uruk, a city-state in Sumer. He became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature

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Sargon

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King of Akkad, a land north of Sumer. He built the world’s first empire after defeating Sumer and northern Mesopotamia

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empire

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land with different territories and peoples under a single rule

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polytheism

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the worship of many gods

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priests

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people who perform religious ceremonies

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social hierarchy

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the division of society by rank or class

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cuneiform

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the world’s first system of writing; developed in Sumer

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pictographs

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a picture symbol

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scribe

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a writer

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epics

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long poems that tell the stories of heroes

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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 in Sumer

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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 governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws

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chariot

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a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle

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Nebuchadnezzar

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Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city, which featured the famed Hanging Gardens

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alphabet

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a set of letters that can be combined to form words

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