MesopotamiaCritical Vocabulary
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.
AgricultureThe raising of domesticated animals and
plants to provide a
steady supply of food. (i.e.:
farming)
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
Artifact• An artifact can be
any object made or modified by humans which then tells what those people were like.
BC/AD TimelineA graphic
organizer or outline that illustrates events in
chronological order.
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.
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.
Class System•Groups of
people having the
same social, economic, or educational
status.
Code of Hammurabi
One of the first known written set of laws in history written by King Hammurabi in Mesopotamia.
Culture It is the way a
civilization of people…•Talk•Sing•Dance•Worship•Recreation
…or the way people live.
Cuneiform Cuneiform is the one of the world’ first known written languages. This began as pictographs by the Sumerians of Mesopotamia.
DomesticationDomestication is the taming of a population of
animals or plants that
become accustomed to an environment such as a farm.
Empire• An empire is an extensive group of states or ethnic peoples united and ruled over by a single monarch or ruling authority.
Language• Communication
of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols.
Nebuchadnezzar•The king of Babylon in Mesopotamia who built the Hanging Gardens for his wife.
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.
Settlement• Settlements are the
places where people settled to build permanent homes. This was the beginning of villages and towns and “urban development.”
Technology•The tools that we use to make life easier.
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.
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