Mesopotamia Flashcards
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Mesopotamia
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A Greek word meaning land between the rivers.
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Fertile Crescent
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A large arc of rich or Fertile farmland.
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Silt
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A mixture of solid and rocks that is very fertile.
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Irrigation
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A way of controlling water for farming.
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Division of Labor
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A system that Divides people into Jobs.
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Empire
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Independent territories that make up a civilization.
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Social Hierarchy
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A system that Divides people into classes based on the Job Of your family.
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Cuneiform
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The world’s first system of Writing.
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Scribe
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A Job of a person who wrote on clay tablets to keep records.
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Ziggurat
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A pyramid-shaped Temple.
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Surplus
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Producing more goods or crops than needed.
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Hammurabi’s Code
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The first set of 282 laws created by King Hammurabi.
