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MesopotamiaCritical Vocabulary
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MesopotamiaFrom the Greek
meaning "land between the rivers“) is the area of the Tigris and Euphrates river system, largely corresponding to modern Iraq where civilization began.
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AgricultureThe raising of domesticated animals and
plants to provide a
steady supply of food. (i.e.:
farming)
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Agricultural Revolution
When a civilization recognized the ability to
stay in one place and survive from the planted
ground.As a result we see….•Growth of the family• Towns and cities
•Domesticated animals•New technology
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Artifact• An artifact can be
any object made or modified by humans which then tells what those people were like.
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BC/AD TimelineA graphic
organizer or outline that illustrates events in
chronological order.
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City-States• The territory of the city-state corresponds
to the city limits and has one government that is independent from any other government entity, i.e. Athens or Sumer.
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Civilizations• A civilization is a
society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in towns and cities.
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Class System•Groups of
people having the
same social, economic, or educational
status.
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Code of Hammurabi
One of the first known written set of laws in history written by King Hammurabi in Mesopotamia.
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Culture It is the way a
civilization of people…•Talk•Sing•Dance•Worship•Recreation
…or the way people live.
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Cuneiform Cuneiform is the one of the world’ first known written languages. This began as pictographs by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia.
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DomesticationDomestication is the taming of a population of
animals or plants that
become accustomed to an environment such as a farm.
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Empire• An empire is an extensive group of states or ethnic peoples united and ruled over by a single monarch or ruling authority.
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Language• Communication
of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols.
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Nebuchadnezzar•The king of Babylon in Mesopotamia who built the Hanging Gardens for his wife.
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SpecializationSpecialization is the separation of tasks within a system or
civilization. Farmers grow crops, bakers
make bread, potters make pottery and then trade or sell
their goods for the things they do not
have.
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Settlement• Settlements are the
places where people settled to build permanent homes. This was the beginning of villages and towns and “urban development.”
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Technology•The tools that we use to make life easier.
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Traditions• refers to beliefs,
objects or customs performed or believed in in the past, originating in it, transmitted through time by being taught by one generation to the next.