What Does It Mean To Be "Highly Civilized"? Flashcards
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Definition: the land around the Nile river, Tigris river, and Euphrates river that is good for farming.
What is Mesopotamia?
Definition: the “land between two rivers” located in the Fertile Crescent where firming and civilization began
What is Sumer
Definition: an area in south Mesopotamia where cities first appeared people from Sumner are called Sumarians.
What is civilization
A society that has systems to keep it organized improve big technology A written language and the time and ability to create art and monuments
What is economy
A system used byA community used to produce and distribute goods and services that can be based on agriculture manufacturing or services
What is bartering
The act of people exchanging goods without the use of money
What are city states
And early city that was like a small independent country but it’s only laws and government some examples are ur nippur Babylon like gash and Kish
What is an ensi
The ruler or king of a city state
What is a ziggurat
And ancient Mesopotamian step pier amid which was used for food storage and a religious temple
What is polytheism
To believe in more than one God
What is cuneiform
An ancient Mesopotamian form of writing that uses wedge shaped characters
What is a stylus
A utensil used for writing
What is hierarchy
When people organized into social classes and ranked in order of power/importance/wealth
What is a scribe
A person who writes and keeps records as their job
What is a merchant
A person who makes money by selling goods
What is an artisan
A craft person
What is irrigation
Technology used to bring water to crops
What are levees
Walls of earth boots to prevent a river from flooding it’s banks
What are canals
Small waterways used to water crops
What is the Bronze Age?
Definition: The age that began in 3000 B.C.E. when people started using bronze to make tools and weapons.
