VOCABULARY
What is a drought?
climate that is hot and fairly dry
What is semi-arid?
belief in many gods/goddesses
What is polytheism?
advanced form of culture
What is a civilization?
many different lands and people under one ruler
What is an empire?
fine soil deposited by rivers
What is silt?
mountain range to the east in Mesopotamia
What is Zagros?
a set of written rules
What is code of laws?
person who specialized in writing; record keeper
What is a scribe?
fair treatment
What is justice?
a city and its nearby farmlands/villages
What is a city-state?
body of water located at the end of the rivers in Mesopotamia
What is Persian Gulf?
writing made up of wedge-shaped markings
What is cuneiform?
ruler of an empire
What is an emperor?
4 empires we studied
What is Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean (New Babylonian)
picture of a drawing that represents a word/idea
What is a pictograph?
present day country where Mesopotamia was located
What is Iraq?
ancient temple with many steps and levels
What is a ziggurat?
What is exile?
3 characteristics of a Sumerian city-state
What is windy roads, ziggurat, mud brick houses, courtyards, gates, tunnels in walls, walls around city, farmlands around outside of city walls
payment for protection
What is a tribute?
meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"
What is "land between the rivers"?
3 inventions/accomplishments of the ancient Mesopotamians?
What is the wheel, bronze, arithmetic, plow, potter's wheel, cuneiform, irrigation systems
2 rivers located in Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris & Euphrates?
5 traits of a civilization
What is advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, advanced technology