Mesopotamia Vocab

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The belief that a king is god's earthly representative.

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A set of official laws and punishments created by the Babylonian King Hammurabi.

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A group of individuals living together as members of a community.

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The belief and worship of more than one god.

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Large earthen dams used to hold back the flood waters of the Tigris and Euphrates.

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A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper.

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Ancient city-state in Sumer.

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A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.

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A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero.

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A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks in soft clay.

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The belief in only one god.

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The crescent shaped region in the middle east that contained rich and fertile land used for early agriculture.

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The ancient Greek name given to describe the area between the Tigris and Euphrates river systems.

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A group of many different lands under the control of a centralized power or group.

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Used by scribes to write cuneiform.

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A society with unique social,cultural, and political systems.

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Fine particles of fertile soil.

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The first leader to conquer all of the Mesopotamian city states.

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The first civilization.

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A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top.