Mesopotamia Vocabulary

To supply water to crops

• surplus

• resource

• irrigate

• civilization

A city with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

• city-state

• civilization

• domesticate

• surplus

A complex society that has cities, a well organized government, and worker with specialized job skills.

• city-state

• civilization

• surplus

• domesticate

to change the growth of plants or behavior in animals in ways that are useful to people

• civilization

• city-state

• domesticate

• irrigate

Surplus:

• extra water

• extra money

• extra food

• extra soil

Supply of something that can be used as needed

• surplus

• resource

• agriculture

• domesticate

Worship of many gods or deities

• Polytheism

• empire

• resource

• agriculture

a group of states or countries under an emperor

• polytheism

• empire

• cultural diffusion

• agriculture

Spreading of cultural traits from one culture to another

• empire

• cultural diffusion

• agriculture

• resource

the growing of crops and the rearing of animals (Farming)

• agriculture

• cultural diffusion

• empire

• resource