Download Ancient Mesopotamia Vocabulary TCI and Interactive Notebooks

Ancient Mesopotamia Vocabulary –TCI and Interactive Notebooks
Fertile Crescent (p.24): an arc-shaped region in southwest Asia, with rich soil.
(Also known as an area of fertile land in the Middle East between the Tigris and
Euphrates Rivers where ancient civilizations flourished.)
Irrigation (ADD TO “MESOPOTAMIA” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.34): A means of
supplying land with water.
City-State (p.36): An early city that was like a small, independent country with its
own laws and government. (The basic unit of Sumerian civilization; both a city and
a state.)
Theocracy (NOT IN BOOK): A government based on religion. (Priests ruled in the
name of a god or gods.)
Ziggarut (p.48): an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases
and a shrine at the top. (Sumerians devoted much wealth to them.)
Empire (p.58): a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a
single leader or government.
Code of Hammurabi (“code of laws” in TCI book) (p.60): a collection of written
laws and codes; in this case, laws created by the Babylonian King, Hammurabi.
Cuneiform (p.51): writing that uses wedge-shaped characters. (Sumerians wrote
these characters on clay tablets.)
Patriarchal (NOT IN BOOK): a society controlled by men, or a society that favors
men; women have few privileges, or rights.
Nomad (p. 26) One who moves from place to place with no permanent home.
THINGS TO ADD IN NOTEBOOKS AS COMPLETE:
Euphrates River (ADD TO MAP PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.32): one of the two largest
rivers in Southwest Asia that flows from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian
Gulf.
Tigris River (ADD TO MAP PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p. 32) one of the two largest
rivers in Southwest Asia that flows from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian
Gulf.
Mesopotamia (ADD TO “MESOPOTAMIA” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.32): in ancient
times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Sumer (ADD TO “SUMERIAN CITY-STATES” MAP PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.33): an
area in southern Mesopotamia, where city-states first appeared.)
Artisan (ADD TO “SUMERIAN HIERARCHY” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.46) : a
craftsperson.
Civilization: (ADD TO “SUMERIAN CITY-STATES” MAP PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.44)
a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government and social structure.
Culture: (ADD TO “THE CODE OF HAMMURABI” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.49) a
characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or
group of people.
Merchant: (ADD TO “SUMERIAN HIERARCHY” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.46) a
person who makes money by selling goods.
Pictograph: (ADD TO “CUNEIFORM” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.51) A symbol that
stands for an object.
Scribe: (ADD TO “SUMERIAN HIERARCHY” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.46) a person
who writes.
Social Structure: (ADD TO “SUMERIAN HIERARCHY” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.44)
the way a civilization is organized.
Technology: (ADD TO THE “ZIGGARUT” PAGE IN NOTEBOOK) (p.44) the use of
tools and other inventions for practical purposes.