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World History Section 2.1 Vocab

Terms in this set (15)

Fertile Crescent
Land surrounding Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
means land between the two rivers
Sumerians
1st to create civilization in the crescent
Polytheistic
Belief in many gods
City-States
basic political units of Sumerian civilization, made up of a city and surrounding area
Ziggurat
stepped pyramid w/ temple on top
Theocracy
ruler is political and religious leader
Cuneiform
1st system of writing, was wedged and shaped, Sumerian
Scribe
someone who made a living out of reading and writing
Gilgamesh
1st written epic poem
Akkadian
Semitic people living north of the sumerians
Sargon
world's first emperor was from Akkad
Empire
a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories
Hammurabi
Mesopotamian emperor, remembered for his law code
Hammurabi's Code
eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth: first written law code
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