Vocab 1
It is a fortress or castle in or near a city.
What is a citadel?
When a male is full of strength and energy, perhaps to procreate, he is this.
What is Virile?
When something deeply affects one's feelings, or makes a piercing impression, it is this.
What is Poignant?
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The classification of a group of people according to ability or to economic/social standing.
What is hierarchy?
Mesopotamian writing that is composed of wedge shaped markings and characters.
What is cuneiform?
Mesopotamian civilization was build up around these two rivers.
What are the Euphrates and Tigris rivers?
When someone is so sad or disappointed that it is impossible for anyone to make them feel better.
What is inconsolable?
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Someone that roves and raids, wanders and destroys.
What is a marauder?
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Not moving, settled in one place.
What is sedentary?
When someone acts for the benefit of others, without gaining anything for themselves, they are being this.
What is altruistic?
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The oldest known ethical code (set of laws) was named after this Mesopotamian king.
Who was Hammurabi?
The mythical king Gilgamesh ruled this ancient city.
What is Uruk?
It's a statement of truth, often given in a court of law.
What is a testimony?
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In Latin, this is someone's approach or method in doing things.
What is Modus Operandi?
It's the prototype; the original pattern or model of which all copies are based.
What is an archetype?
From the Greek, this word literally translates to "old stone," and defines the first known period of human culture.
What is Paleolithic?
Sargon the Great ruled this first Mesopotamian empire.
What was the Akkadian Empire?
This city was at the center of the world's first empire, ruled by Sargon the Great.
What is Akkad?
When something is done in this way, it is done before someone else can prepare to respond or act.
What is preemptive?
It's having strong faith or religious devotion.
What is piety?
It's to persuade someone to do something that they are unwilling to do.
What is coerce?
It's a false and ugly statement about someone.
What is slander?
What was the Neolithic era?
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It is the modern day capital of Iraq.
What is Baghdad?
It's having the same origin or ancestor; of the same nature.
What is cognate?
It's when your sense of self-confidence leads to your downfall, like when Icarus flew too close to the sun.
What is hubris?
It's when the outcome is possible and achievable.
What is feasible?
Having this means you're full of life, animated, and able to thrive.
What is vitality?
They comprised the first civilization in the region of southern Mesopotamia, having permanently settled between c. 5500 and 4000 BCE.
Who were the Sumerians?
The first civilization in China emerged along this river.
What is the Yellow River?