Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent Civilizations

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 ant the other nations that it has concerned (taken over)

Cuneiform

An ancient (old) written language that has wedged shaped characters letters A reed stylus (writing tool) was used to write characters

Scribe

A profesional 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 then one gods

Monotheism

A religion that believes in one god

Ziggurat

Large temples built by the Sumerians that had

ramps, stairs and

several levels