Mesopotamia

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”). A reed stylus

(writing tool) was used to write the characters

Scribe

A professional writer or record keeper

Artisan

A skilled craftsman that makes things using their hands

.Manual Laborer

Physical work done “by hand” instead of

machines or animals

Polytheism

A religion that believes in many

(more than one) gods

Monotheism

A religion that believes in one god

Ziggurat

Large temples built by the Sumerians that had

ramps, stairs and several levels