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Details Title: Ch 3 Meso. (HMS) Description: Meso. (HMS) Total Flash Cards: 27 Created: 01/14/2005 04:14:00	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term artisans Definition skilled workers Term ziggurat Definition Sumerian temple; "mountain of god"; hill of heaven"; located in center of city Term cuneiform Definition Sumerian writing made of hundreds of wedge-shaped marks; written on a clay tablet with a reed Term priest-kings Definition early leaders of the Sumerian government Term hereditary Definition passed down from parent to child Term empire Definition Sargon created the world's first; group of states under one ruler Term culture Definition way of life Term reform Definition an improvement Term Hammurabi Definition Babylonian king; created the first written laws Term surplus Definition extra Term reign Definition period of power Term "an eye for an eye" Definition Hammurabi's punishments were based on this phrase Term Gilgamesh Definition the oldest known story in the world is about him Term tablet house Definition Sumerian school Term Sargon Definition created the world's first empire when he united the city-states of Sumer with his kingdom of Akkad Term Mesopotamia Definition "land between the rivers" Term Tigris and Euphrates Definition twin rivers Term Iraq Definition country where Mesopotamia is located today Term Ur Definition leading city of Sumer Term government officials,artisans,shopkeepers Definition people in the middle class of Sumer Term scribe Definition a writer Term city-state Definition city and surrounding farmland; each had its own god and government Term Sumer Definition location of first civilization on earth; in southern Mesopotamia in between Tigris and Euphrates Term Babylon Definition city-state led by Hammurabi; he combines it with Akkad and Sumer to creat an empire Term Tigris Definition easternmost of the Twin Rivers Term Euphrates Definition westernmost of the Twin Rivers Term priest-kings Definition early leaders of Sumerian government; replaced by military leaders who eventually become kings