mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Greek origins meaning “between two rivers

Irrigation

Using canals ditches , pipes and streams to deliver water to dry land

City state

an independent city and the farmland that surrounds it

Empire

A nation and the other nations that it has conquered ( taken over)

Cuneiform

An ancient (old) written ( language )that has wedged- shaped characters (‘’letters’’) To write the characters

Scribe

A professional writer or reader

Artisan

A skilled craftsman that makes things using their hands

Manual laborer

Physical work done by hand” instead of machine

Polytheism

A religion that believes in many ( more than one god ) gods

Monotheism

A religion that believes in one god

Ziggurat

Large temples built by the Sumerians that had ramps stairs and several levels