Mesopotamia Flashcards
Cuneiform?
The world’s first system of writing.
Division of labor?
A way of controlling water for farming
Droughts?
A period with no rain (Little Rain)
Empire?
Independent territories that make up a civilization.
Fertile Crescent?
A large arc of rich or fertile farmland.
Flood (s)
A period where the is water all the way up to your neck.
Hammurabi’s Code?
The first set of 282 laws created by King Hammurabi.
Irrigation?
A way of controlling water for farming.
Mesopotamia?
A Greek word meaning between the land and rivers.
Scribe?
A job of a person who wrote on clay tablets to keep records.
Silt?
A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile.
Social Hierarchy?
A system that divides people into classes based on the job of your family.
Surplus?
Producing more goods or crops than needed.
Water Management?
Canals and levees.
Ziggurat?
A pyramid-shaped temple.
