Vocabulary 1
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
A leader of a group of people.
King
Period of little rainfall.
Drought
An amount of a good, such as food, in excess of what is needed.
Surplus
An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia.
Sumer
Having little rainfall and warm temperatures.
Semiarid
An advanced form of culture.
Civilization
A political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands.
City-state
A belief in many gods or goddesses.
Polytheism
An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple.
Ziggurat
A metal made of copper and tin.
Bronze
A picture or drawing that represents a word or an idea.
Pictograph
A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets.
Stylus
The flat land bordering a river
Floodplain
The fine soil deposited by floodwaters.
Silt
A type of writing made of wedge-shaped markings.
Cuneiform
A person who specializes in writing and serves as a record keeper.
Scribe
These people were usually at the top of the Social Class.
Kings and priests.
They were usually in the lowest class.
Enslaved people.
The university that Ms. Arenas graduate from
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