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Mesopotamia Vocab
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Mesopotamia | the land between the two rivers - earliest known civilization in what is now Iraq. It is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
Fertile Crescent | a large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland that Mesopotamia was part of |
civilization | complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing systems |
irrigation | method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops |
city-state | independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages |
artisan | skilled craftsperson |
cuneiform | sumerian writing system made up of wedge shaped markings |
scribe | people who copy manuscripts |
empire | group of lands under one ruler |
barter/trade | to exchange goods without using money |
ziggurat | an ancient tower in the shape of a pyramid made of mud bricks |
caravan | group of traveling merchants and animals |