Mesopotamia Flashcards

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the event in history when humans learned farming and could create permanent homes as a result

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Agricultural Revolution

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an independent city with its own government

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city-state

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trade without money

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barter

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the belief in 1 God

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monotheism

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people who had no permanent home and followed their food source

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nomads

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the learning of specific skills and jobs other than farming

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specialization

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the wedge-shaped form of writing of the Sumerians in Mesopotamia created to keep record of trade

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cuneiform

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the belief in many gods

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polytheism

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the invention of dams and canals to provide water to dry land to help farming

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irrigation

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a Mesopotamian temple built for the gods

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ziggurat