| A | B |
|---|
| specialization | having one job or occupation |
| barter | trading one good or service for another of equal value |
| caravan | a group of people who travel together and trade |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| Fertile Crescent | area of green fertile land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf |
| Ziggurat | Sumerian temple |
| praying statues | used by Mesopotamians to honor the gods |
| city-state | city and farmland surrounded by a wall |
| cuneiform | Sumerian writing of wedge shaped symbols |
| scribe | writer of cuneiform |
| patriarchal | dominated by men |
| surplus | an extra supply, more than what is needed |
| flood plain | area of land near a river that floods |
| silt | fine soil carried and deposited by moving water |
| Leonard Whooley | British archaeologist who uncovered the city of Ur |
| Henry Rawlinson | discovered cuneiform in Persia |
| tributary | smaller waterway that flows into a larger body of water |
| mouth of a river | location where a river flows into the ocean |
| head of a river | the source or where a river begins |
| delta | triangular section of mud and sand at the mouth of a river |
| canal | manmade waterway connecting two larger bodies of water |
| irrigation | moving a supply of water to farmland |
| levee | raised embankment to prevent a river from overflowing |
| Code of Hammurabi | harsh laws based on "an eye for an eye" concept |
| slavery | owning or keeping other people to do work without pay |
| priest-king | ancient leaders who were both king and priest |
| bi-cameral | government with two separate groups to make decisions |
| Absolute Power | decisions are final, no one can over rule |
| Divine Right | power to lead given by gods |
| artisan | a skilled worker |
| Sargon I | leader of Akkad, created first empire |
| malevolent | unkind, harsh, causing fear |
| Gilgemesh | leader 2/3 god and 1/3 man, epic story written down |
| Iraq | modern day location of Mesopotamia |
| flax | plant used to make linen |
| Hammurabi | leader who wanted to be known as fair |
| Gilgamesh | believed to be 2/3 god and 1/3 man |
| Tigris River | one of the twin rivers on the east side of Mesopotamia |
| Euphrates River | one of the twin rivers on the west side of Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia | the land between the rivers |
