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Mesopotamia vocab #2 Flashcards

1
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a set of 282 laws inscribed in stone by the Babylonian king Hammurabi

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Hammurabi’s code

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2
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the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture

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irrigation

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tiny particles left as sediment from water - fertile land for growing crops

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silt

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4
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Between Western Asia and North Africa

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Fertile cresent (location)

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“wedge-shaped” form of writing used in the Babylonian empire

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cuneiform

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Rulers from the same family

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dynasty

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an independent city — and sometimes its surrounding land — which has its own government, completely separate from nearby countries

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city-state

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belief in more than one God

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poltytheism

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a place where civilization emerged

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cradle of civilization

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a tool used to mark the passing of time

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Calendar

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a mythological hybrid, a protective deity known to “turn back an evil person,” that is composed of the head of a human, the body of a bull, and the wings of a bird.

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Lamassu

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12
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a stepped temple tower in the shape of a pyramid, with each higher level smaller than the one below it.

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Ziggurat

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the first empire in history, and it existed from about 2350 to 2000 BC

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Akkadian Empire

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a kingdom centered in Babylon, on the Euphrates River

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Babylonian empire

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a group of territories ruled by one single ruler or state

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Empire

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an ancient Mesopotamian ruler

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Sargon of Akkad

17
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Lord of the Winds

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Enlil

18
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an ancient king of Babylon almost four thousand years ago

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Hammurabi

19
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a legendary Sumerian king and hero of the Gilgamesh Epic

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Gilgamesh

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a legendary hero originally appearing in Sumerian literary compositions, which were incorporated, with alterations, in the Akkadian epic of Gilgamesh

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Enkidu

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22
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a primordial goddess in ancient Mesopotamian mythology. She was viewed as the mother of the many gods of the Mesopotamian pantheon. Tiamat was believed to symbolize saltwater, the oceans, and the seas

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tiamat

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a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery

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wheel

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a worker who practices a trade or handicraft

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Artisan

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the belief in a single all-powerful god, as opposed to religions that believe in multiple gods

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monotheism

26
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the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia.

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Babylon

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