Meso Key Terms

a manager; one who directs an organization

• administrator

• artisan

• astronomy

• city-state

A skilled craftsperson

• administrator

• artisan

• astronomy

• code

The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space

• astronomy

• social studies

• agriculture

• epic

a city that with its surrounding farmlands forms an independent state.

• civilization

• code

• city-state

• Cuneiform

a complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, social classes, government, and highly developed culture.

• civilization

• culture

• economy

• government

an organized list of laws and rules

• cuneiform

• economy

• epic

• code

Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.

• labor

• irrigation

• pictograph

• culture

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.

• epic

• cuneiform

• empire

• civilization

A system by which goods and services are produced and distributed

• economy

• empire

• civilization

• city-state

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

• city-state

• empire

• government

• labor