Mesopotamia Flashcards

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Fertile Crescent

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A curving area of fertile farmland that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

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Silt

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Fertile soil usually created by river flooding

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City-state

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A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

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Polytheism

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A belief in more than one god

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Monotheism

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A belief in only one God

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Judaism

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Monotheistic religion founded by the Ancient Hebrew

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Irrigation

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The act of supplying water to land or crops via technology

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Cuneiform

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A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks in soft clay

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Ziggurat

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A pyramid shaped structure used as a temple, the very top is where the city-state’s god lived

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Hammurabi’s Code

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1st written laws created c.1772 BC