lesson 1
definition of the fertile crescent
what is a large arch of rich, fertile, farmland?
meaning of rural
what is countryside areas?
(section 2 ) definition of empire
what is different territories under a single rule?
meaning of pictographs
what is picture symbols?
Definition of monarch
what is a ruler of a kingdom or empire
definition of silt
what is a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks?
definition of urban
What is city areas?
(section 2) meaning of Polytheism
What is the worship of many gods?
definition of scribe
What is, a writer
Hammurabi's code
what is a set 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life?
what does irrigation mean
what is a way of supplying water to an area of land?
Meaning of city-state
what is a city surrounded by countryside?
(section 2 ) Definition of priests
what is people who performed religious ceremonies?
meaning of Epics
What is long poems that tell of heroes
meaning of chariot
what is a wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle?
definition of surplus
what is more than needed?
who was Gilgamesh
what is One of Uruk’s kings?
( section 2) meaning of Social Hierarchy
What is the division of society by rank or class?
Definition of architecture
what is the science of building?
who was Nebuchadnezzar
what is the most famous Chaldean king
meaning of "Division of labor"
what is an arrangement where each worker specializes in a particular task?
Who was Saragon
what is a man who sought to extend Akkadian territory
( section 3) Definition of cuneiform
what is the world’s first system of writing?
DAILY DOUBLE !!!
Meaning of a Ziggurat
What is a pyramid-shaped temple tower
meaning of alphabet
what is a set of letters that can be combined to form words?