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Unit 2: Chapter 3
Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Essential
Vocabulary
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Alphabet
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Architecture
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Chariot
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Cuneiform
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Epics
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Fertile Crescent
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Irrigation
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Monarch
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Polytheism
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Scribe
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Silt
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Social hierarchy
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Surplus
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Ziggurat
Essential Questions
& Big Ideas
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How did geography influence
the development of civilization
in Southwest Asia?
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The valleys of the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers were the site
of the world’s first civilization.
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The Sumerians developed the
first civilization in
Mesopotamia.
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The Sumerians made many
advances that helped their
society develop.
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After the Sumerians, many
cultures ruled parts of the
Fertile Crescent.
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