Meso Vocab.
Especially fertile soil
Silt
People that are skilled at making things
Artisans
Translates to "Mountaintop"
Ziggurat
Symbols of early writing
Cunneiform
World's first known emperor
Sargon the Great
Watering fields using human made systems
Irrigation
An order based on Power and Wealth
Social Class
Different lands ruled by one ruler
Empire
Provinces ruled by governors
Satraps
He designed the Code of Laws that marked a step forward for civilization
Hammurabi
Administrative Districts
Provinces
Partnerships that helped conquer Mesopotamia
Alliances
Substance in which other things are made
raw materials
Between two rivers
Mesopotamia
Largest empire of Mesopotamia
Persian
Secret To Cyrus the Great's success
Tolerance
Polytheism
Protection Tax
Tribute
Mesopotamia's first known civilization
Sumer
Assyrians had weapons made from this
Iron
A city and its surrounding lands and settlements
City-State
Acts always performed the same way
Rituals
Widespread Hunger
Famine
Two river that combine to make up the fertile crescent
Tigris and Euphrates
Phoenicians were known for these two things
Shipbuilding and trade