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mesopotamia
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6th Grade
09/30/2010

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Where is Mesopotamia?
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in between the 2 rivers,near iran/iraq
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Fertile crescent
Definition
rich soil and water(med.sea-persuan gulf)
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Empire
Definition
group of land and people
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Emperor
Definition
the person who rulers the empire
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Sumerians
Definition
people who in sumer
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Farming
Definition
main job-wheat,grain,plow...
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Wheel
Definition
most important invention!!
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Nippur
Definition
most holy city state-state in sumar
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City –state
Definition
self governing place
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Cuneiform
Definition
a style of writting-sumerians
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Stylus
Definition
hard,reed,stick,to write with,-tools
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Pictographs
Definition
a symbole or picture that stands for something
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Tablets
Definition
clay mold wrote on,flat slab
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Scribe
Definition
person who $$$ to write and keep track of somethings(riddles and proverbs)
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Years of training?
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12 yrs
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SumerianRecords
Definition
laws,offering,trading,animals,grain,debt,sun& moon and stars
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Lots on Hammurabi- when did he rule?
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1792bc-1750bc babylonian empire
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Known for what?
Definition
code of laws!!!
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How did he maintain control?
Definition
expanded controll,had governors,collected$$$taxes,built buildings,trade,judges
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