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Term
Definition
Fertile Crescent
A large arc of rich, or fertile
farmland
Silt
Irrigation
A mixture of rich soil and
tiny rocks
A way of supplying water to
an area of land
Canals
Human-made waterways
Surplus
More than needed
Division of labor
City-State
Empire
Polytheism
Priest
The type of agreement in
which each work specializes
in a particular task or job.
Consisted of a city and all
the countryside around it
Land with different
territories and people under
single rule
The worship of many gods
People who performed
religion ceremonies
Social Hierarchy
The division of society by
rank and class
Cuneiform
The world’s first system of
writing
Pictographs
Scribe
Epics
Picture symbols
A writer
Long poems that tell stories
of heroes
Ziggurat
A pyramid shaped temple
tower
Monarch
The ruler of a kingdom or
empire
Hammurabi’s Code
Was the set of 282 laws that
dealt with almost every part
of daily life
Key Words
Picture/Symbol
Directions: Take your vocabulary words and place them under the correct category
with your group-mates. Some terms may fall under multiple categories.
Agriculture
People
Government
Culture
Past to Present Vocab Activity
Back then they called it…..
Fertile Crescent
Silt
Irrigation
Canals
Surplus
Division of labor
City-State
Empire
Polytheism
Priest
Social Hierarchy
Cuneiform
Pictographs
Scribe
Epics
Ziggurat
Hammurabi’s Code
Monarch
In my life it is ……