Mesopotamia Flashcards
complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system
civilization
method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
irrigation
independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages
city-state
skilled craftsperson
artisan
Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings
cuneiform
record keeper
scribe
group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government
empire
the earliest-known civilization; it means “the land between the rivers”
Mesopotamia
to buy from another country
import
to sell to another country
export
a grand temple built in a city-state for its chief god; it means “mountain of god” or “hill of heaven”
ziggurat
the process by which a new leader is chosen; after a king died, his son took over
hereditary
Sumerian government and religious leader
priest-king
way of life
culture
Modern-day Iraq
Location of Mesopotamia
