Mesopotamia Flashcards
mesopotamia
A Greek word meaning land between the rivers.
Fertile Crescen
A large arc of rich or fertile farmland
Silt
A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile.
irragation
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.
cueniform
The world’s first system of writing
scribe
A job of a person who wrote on clay tablets to keep records.
zigguat
A pyramid-shaped temple
surplus
Producing more goods or crops than needed
Hammurabi code
The first set of king laws created by king Hammurabi
3 Main city states
Ur Urak Lagash
2 river name
Tigiris euhpohas
Were they nice with each city or mean
They had a lot of wars
