Chapter 3 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Fertile Cerscent
a larger area called the fertile cerscent, a large arc of rich, or fertile, farm-land
silt
silt, a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
irrigation
irrigation,a way of supplying water to an area of land
canals
canals,human-made waterways
surplus
surplus,or more then they needed
division of labor
the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particuler task or job is called a division of labor
rural
rural,or countryside
urban
urban, or city
city-state
a city-state consisted of a city and all the countryside around it
Gilgamesh
Gillgamesh,became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature
Sargon
Sargon sought to extend Akkadian territory
empire
empire, or land with different territories and people under a single rule
polytheism
polytheism, the worship of many gods
priests
Priests,people who performed religous ceremonies
social hierarchy
social hierarchy,the division of society by rank or class
cuneiform
cuneiform,the world’s first system of writing
pictographs
pictographs,or picture symbols
scribe
scribe, or writer
epics
epics,long poems that tell the stories of heroes
architecture
architecture the science of building
ziggurat
ziggurat,a pyramid-shaped temple tower
monarch
monarch,a ruler of a kingdom of empire
Hammurabi’s Code
Hammurabi’s Code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
chariot
chariot,a wheeled,horse-drawn cart used in battle
