Mesopotamia Vocabulary

In ancient times, the geographic area (land) located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

• Mesopotamia

• Babylon

• Egypt

• Phoenicia

A manmade way of supplying land with water.

• Aquaduct

• Irrigation

• Levee

• Waterway

A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.

• Levee

• Irrigation

• Mesopotamia

• Aqueduct

An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government.

• City-State

• Civilization

• Empire

• Mesopotamia

A large territory ruled by a single leader or government.

• City-State

• Empire

• Civilization

• Region

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure.

• City-State

• Empire

• Civilization

• Mesopotamia

Producing more goods or crops than needed.

• Surplus

• Merchant

• Artisan

• Scribe

The way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants.

• Civilization

• Economy

• Social Structure

• Merchants

The way a civilization is organized.

• Social Structure

• Economy

• Surplus

• Artisans

A person who makes money by selling goods.

• Artisans

• Scribe

• Social Structure

• Merchants