Vocab.
Vocab #2
Mesopotamia
Grab Bag
Extra
100
Forced removal from one's homeland, often to lands far away
What is Exile
100
Pictures or drawings that represent a work or an idea
What is pictograph
100
In what region is Mesopotamia located
What is southwest Asia
100
Governmental like divisions; similar to states
What is provinces
100
2 inventions developed by the Sumerians
What is plow and wheel
200
First known writing system
What is cuneiform
200
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is Mesopotamia
200
Akkadian Empire
What is the first empire in world history
200
Policy that Cyrus started
What is toleration
200
Rebuilt Babylon
What is Chaldeans
300
Practice of allowing people to keep their traditions and beliefs
What is Toleration
300
The belief in many gods or goddesses
What is Polytheism
300
A temple complex at the center of Sumerian cities
What is Ziggurat
300
Hot and dry
What is arid climate
300
Yearly floods were...
What is unpredictable
400
Payment made in return for protection
What is tribute
400
A group of territories and peoples brought together under one supreme ruler
What is empire
400
What is Hammurabi known for
What is code of law
400
Social classes in which women were found
What is upper, lower, and middle class
400
Yearly flooding deposited what
What is silt
500
A region that stretches from the Persian Gulf northwest up the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and west over to the Mediterranean sea
What is Fertile Crescent
500
A political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands
What is city-state
500
How did people of Mesopotamia deal with their lack of resources
What is trade
500
A long period of time with out rain
What is drought
500
Reeds and mud
What is building materials for houses
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