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Title: Ancient Mesopotamia

Description: Vocabulary for Mesopotia

Total Flash Cards: 16

Created: 09/28/2009 06:25:53

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Sumer
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The site of the earliest known civilization, located in mesopotamia in present day southern Iraq
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cunieform
 Definition
A system of writing in ancient Sumer that used wedge-shaped symbols
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polytheism
 Definition
The belief in many gods and goddesses
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Sargon
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King of the city-state Kish that united all of Sumerian city-states
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Babylonia
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An ancient Mesopotamian empire that extended throughout the Fertil Crescent in the 1700's B.C.
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city-state
 Definition
A self governing city often with surrounding lands and villages
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Judaism
 Definition
The religion of the Jewish people
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Fertile Crescent
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A fertile region in Southeastern Asia that includes the region of Mesopotamia
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ziggurat
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A large temple located in the ceenters of Ancient Sumerian cities
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Mesopotamia
 Definition
The region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; birthplace of the Sumerian and Babylonian civilizations
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monotheism
 Definition
The belief in one God
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ten commandmments
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The laws given to the Jewish people by God to Moses
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diaspora
 Definition
The scattering of the Jewish people all over the world
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Jerusalem
 Definition
The capital city of modern Israel.
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Abraham
 Definition
The first leader of the Israelites who, according to the Torah, led his family to Canaan where he became the founder of a new nation.
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irrigation
 Definition
a method of supplying land with water through a network of canals