Mesopotamia
A rectangular pyramid with terraces built by people in the Fertile Crescent. It was usually a religious temple or government building.
What is Ziggurat
Humans living in an advanced state away from chaos and nature
What is Civilization
Kings and Queens that pass power down to their children over a country, city, or empire.
What is Monarchy
System of values(money,trading) connected throughout an area: includes specialization and regulation. Based on Agricultire trade.
What is economy
A religion that believes in one god
What is monothesim
Writing system in the Mesopotamia that began around 3400 B.C. Started as pictures then became w=easy to write symbols, started writing left to right in horizontal rows.
What is Cuneiform
Behavior of people in a specific area.( Ex music, clothes, customs, holiday, traditions, architecture, arts)
What is culture
Coin or paper money
What is currency
Legal code in Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia) in 1800BC earlies set of laws known to man.
Code of Hammurabi
A city area
What is Urban?
A city that is an independent nation
What is city state
A religion that believes in many gods
What is polytheism
Holy land to JEws that is located east of the Fertile Crescent on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea
What is Israel