Mesopotamia Vocabulary Flashcards
(23 cards)
Surplus
More than enough food
Irrigation
A way of supplying water to an area of land
Division of Labor
Type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task
Fertile Crecent
A large arch of rich or fertile farmland
Silt
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Canals
Human made waterways
Empire
Land with different territories and people under a single rule
Social Hierarchy
The division of society by rank or class
Urban
City areas
Priest
People who preform religious ceremonies
City-state
Contains of a city, which is the political center, and the surrounding countryside
Polytheism
The practice of worshiping many gods
Rural
Countryside
Ziggurat
A pyramid shaped tower that rose above each Sumerian city
Cuneiform
The Sumerians developed the worlds first system of writing called
Epic
Long poem that tell the stories of heros
Pictograph
Picture symbols
Architecture
The science behind building
Scribe
A writer
Monarch
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
Hammurabi’s Code
A set of 282 laws that felt with almost every part of daily life
Chariot
A wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle
Alphabet
A set of letters that can be combined to make words
