Mesopotamia Vocabulary

a stream that flows into a large body of water

• empire

• silt

• tributary

• plateau

a god or goddess

• deity

• scribe

• ziggurat

a person who copies documents and writes down laws

• cuneiform

• deity

• scribe

a government ruled or headed by a king or queen

• patriarchy

• monarchy

• empire

• civilization

a system of writing

• scribe

• silt

• code

• cuneiform

a political unit with a large territory under one ruler

• empire

• civilization

• city-state

• alluvial plain

an area of land created by sediment from flooding rivers

• tributary

• plateau

• empire

• alluvial plain

the sand, soil, and mud carried by rivers

• tributary

• silt

• alluvial plain

• ziggurat

a set of laws put together by the king of Babylon

• polytheism

• Code of Hammurabi

• Code of Little Rabbits

• cuneiform

well-organized society with an advanced system of government and religion

• monarchy

• city-state

• empire

• civilization