the fertile crescent Flashcards
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Mesopotamia
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land between the rivers - a fertile region of western Asia situated within the Tigris and Euphrates river system
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Sumer
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earliest known civilisation in southern mesopotamia, now southern Iraq
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empire
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extensive group of states/countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state
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cuneiform
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- one of the earliest systems of writing, invented by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia
- distinguished by wedged shaped marks on clay tablets, made by blunt reed for a stylus
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Aryan
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an ancient people who spoke Indo-European languages
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vassal
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person/country in a subordinate position to another
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tribute
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payment made periodically by one state/ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence
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Achaemenid
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Persian royal dynasty
