Mesopotamia
"Land between two rivers"
what is Mesopotamia
a long period without rain
What is a drought
(n.) an amount beyond what is required, excess; (adj.) more than what is needed or expected
What is surplus
highest-ranking leader of a group of people
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A sharpened reed used to press markings into clay tablets
What is a stylus
The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends
What is a floodplain
A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes
What is a civilization
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
What is citystate
A pointed instrument used for writing
What is a Stylus
A picture or drawing that represents a word or idea
What is pictographs
fine particles of fertile soil
What is silt
a mixture of copper and tin
What is Bronze
picture symbols
What is Pictographs
An area of rich soil in the middle east stretching from the meditrainin sea through Mesopotamia to the pursion gulf
What is the fertile crescent
Ancient writing system with wedged shaped characters
What is Cuneiform
having little rainfall and warm temperatures
What is semiarid
The world's first civilization, was founded in Mesopotamia, which existed for over 3,000 years.
What is sumer
people trained to write using the earliest forms of writing before literacy was widespread
What is a scribe
A group of terrorists and people brought together under one supreme ruler.
What is an empire
Systems often defined who usually has power and who usually does the less desirable jobs.
What is Social class
A pyramid-shaped temple tower
What is Ziggurat
Belief in many gods
What is Polytheism
A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge-shaped stylus and clay tablets.
What is Cuneiform
A collection of 282 rules and acceptable punishments to reach justice.
What is the code of Hammurabi
A person who writing is their job
What is a scribe