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