Week 8 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Cuneiform

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Ancient writing using wedge-shaped tools

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Pictograph representation

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A picture or symbol for a word or idea

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Scribe in ancient times:

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Wrote things down

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Epics

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Long stories or poems about heroes or gods

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Architecture:

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Science of designing and building structures.

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Ziggurat

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Large, stepped temple for religious use.

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Achievements in ancient civilizations

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Important accomplishments through hard work

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Sumerians

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Inhabitants of Sumer, an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia.

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Cylinder in ancient times

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Solid shape for stamping designs into clay