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Details Title: Chapter 3 Vocab. Description: Mesopotamia Total Flash Cards: 19 Created: 11/03/2004 14:58:06	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 Reign Definition Period of Power Term Surplus Definition Extra Term Sargon Definition A ruler of Mesopotamia;created the worlds first empire Term Empire Definition A ruler; A group of states under one religion Term Hammurabi Definition King of babylon; created worlds first written laws Term Culture Definition way of life Term Reform Definition Improvement Term Priest-Kings Definition Sumerian government and religous leader Term Heredity Definition Passed down from parent to child Term Gilgamesh Definition Famous priest-king; oldest story in the world is the Epic of ?????? Term Scribe Definition A writer Term Cuneiform Definition Sumerian writing made of hundreds of markings shaped like wedges Term Ziggurat Definition Temple in the center of each Sumerian city; Mountain of god or hill of heaven Term Artisans Definition Skilled workers Term City-State Definition Cities and the surrounding territories ; each city had its own god and government Term Sumer Definition The sumerians area of Mesopotamia ruled by Hammurabi Term Babylon Definition Amorities city in mesopotamia ruled by Hammurabi Term Tigris River Definition One of the twin rivers that flows from the mountains of Eastern Turkey through Mesopotamia into the Persian Gulf Term Euphrates Definition One of the twin rivers that flows from the mountains of Eastern Turkey through Mesopotamia into the Persian Gulf