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