Mesopotamia Flashcards
1
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what is mesopotamia
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A Greek word meaning land between the rivers
2
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fetile crescent
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A large arc of rich or fertile farmland
3
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silt
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A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile.
4
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irrigation
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A way of controlling water for farming
5
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Division of Labor
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A system that divides people into jobs
6
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Empire
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Independent territories that make up a civilization.
7
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Social Hierarchy
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A system that divides people into classes based on the job of your family.
8
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Cuneiform
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The world’s first system of writing.
9
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Scribe
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A job of a person who wrote on clay tablets to keep records.
10
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Ziggurat
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A pyramid-shaped temple
11
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Surplus
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Producing more goods or crops than needed
12
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Hammurabi’s Code
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The first set of 282 laws created by king Hammurabi
