Mesopotamia Vocabulary

A river that flows into a larger river

• Plateau

• Deity

• Almanac

• Tributary

A high, flat area of land

• Alluvial Plain
  

• Ziggurat 

• Plateau

• Standing Army

A low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams

• Alluvial Plain   

• Scribe

  
  

• Silt 

• Caravan  

Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on land by floodwaters

• Cuneiform    

• Authority

• Silt

• Code of Hammurabi

A city and the farm lands around it

• Ziggurat 

• City-state

  
  

• Caravan 

• Standing Army

Government in which a King or Queen rules

• Monarchy 

• Empire     

• Tribute  

• Code of Hammurabi

The right to rule

• Conquer  

  
  

• Tributary 

• Polytheism 

• Authority      

A belief in many gods

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

A group of traders traveling together on a long journey

• Empire    

• Caravan                

• Tribute  

• Authority  

A new way of doing things

• Conquer  

• Cuneiform  

• Code of Hammurabi

• Innovation