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16 Cards in this Set
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Mesopotamia |
Wide, flat plain located in present-day Iraq. The plain lies between the Tygris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia means "Land Between Two Rivers" in Greek. |
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Irrigate / Irrigation |
To supply water to...The Sumerians dug many miles of irrigation canals to bring water to their crops. With irrigation, crops could still get water during the hot, dry summer. |
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City-State |
An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory. |
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Barter |
A trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money. |
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Polytheism |
The belief in more than one God. |
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Ziggurat |
Pyramid-shaped brick tower. |
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Cuneiform |
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things. |
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Primary Source |
Information directly from a person who experienced the event Examples: letters, diaries, speeches, photos |
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Secondary Source |
Information from someone who did not experience the event Examples: books, articles, movies |
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Artifact |
Object made by a person Examples: tools, weapons |
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Bias |
Unfair preference or dislike |
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C.E. and B.C.E. |
Common Era & Before Common Era |
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B.C. and A.D. |
Before Christ & Anno Domini (Year of the Lord) |
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Decade |
A period of 10 years |
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Century |
A period of 100 years |
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Millennium |
A period of 1000 years |
