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Messipotamia Flashcards

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Mesopotamia

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A wide, flat plane in present day Iraq(in the Fertile Crescent)

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Fertile Crescent

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A region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

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Irrigate

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to supply water to crops

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City-state

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An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory

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Barter

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A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using currency

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Polytheism

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The belief in multiple gods

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Ziggurat

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Pyramid -shaped brick towers

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Cuneiform

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A system of writing that uses wedge-shaped or triangular shaped symbols to stand for things or ideas

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Empire

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A state containingand controlling several countries or territories

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Ally

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An independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or politIcal goal

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Cultural trait

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An idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture

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Hammurabi’s code

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A set of laws that govern the life in the Babylonian empire

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Rule of law

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The idea that all the members of a society must obey the law

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Cavalry

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Soldiers who fight while riding horses

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Standing army

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A permanent army of professional soldiers

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Tribute

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A payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power

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Currency

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Money that is used as a medium of exchange

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Stele

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A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on edge

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Import

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A good or service so within a country that’s produce in another country

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Export

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Good or service produced within a country and sold outside its borders

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Colony

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In area ruled by a distant country

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Why is Mesopotamia’s land so fertile?

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It’s soil was very rich after floods

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Who was the leader of the Akkadians

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Sargon

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Who was the leader of ur

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Ur-Nammu

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Who was the leader of Babylon

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Hammurabi

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