Chapter 3 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Fertile Crescent
A larger area called Fertile Crescent, a large arc rich,or fertile,farmland
Silt
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Irrigation
a way of supplying water to an area of land
Canals
human-made waterways,
Surplus
or more than they need
division of labor
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular 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
Gilgamesh, became a legendary figure in Sumerian liturature
Sargon
When Sargon sought to extend Akkadian territory
empire
empire, or land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
polytheism
polytheism, the worship of many gods
priests
Priests, people who performed religious ceremonies,
social hierarchy
social hierarchy, the division of society by rank or class
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
a ruler of a kingdom or empire
Hammurabi’s code
was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
chariot
a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
