Mesopotamia TEST VOCAB Flashcards
Fertile Crescent
a region of the Middle East that stretches in a large, crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Mesopotamia
a wide, flat plain that lies between two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates
Irrigate
A supply water to crops
City - state
An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
Barter
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money
Polytheism
The belief in more than one god
Ziggurats
Temples that were pyramid shaped brick Towers
Cuneiform
A system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols to stand for ideas and things
Empire
A state containing several countries or territories
Ally
An independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
Cultural trait
An idea or way of doing things that is a common in a certain culture
Hammurabi’s code
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
Rule of law
The idea that all members of a society,even the rich and powerful, must obey the law
Pictographs
Simple pictures that represent objects
