Mesopotamia Vocab 1

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Cuneiform

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The system of ancient writing invented in Sumer. The name comes from the wedge shape of the letters pressed into wet clay.

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Patron God

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A particular god/goddess adopted and honored by a group or community. Every Sumerian city state had its own patron god they prayed to

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Ziggurat

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A massive temple building (religious building) with rising layers

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Bureaucracy

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 The organized offices and people that carry out what a government wants to get done

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Scribe

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A person who works as a professional writer for the government or for a business

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Canal

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A waterway made by people, for the purpose of transportation or to carry/control water & irrigate farms

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City-State

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an early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government

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Silt

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Fine particles of rock( Can clog irrigation)

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Irrigation

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The process of controlling and moving water in order to help farming

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Levee

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A wall of earth/mud built to prevent a river from flooding over its banks