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Ancient River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamia. VOCABULARY wORDS. 1.) Fertile Crescent - An area of land that stretches in a large arc from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea 2.) Mesopotamia - The “Land between two rivers”. 3.) Tigris-Euphrates River Valley - Main source of water in
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Ancient River Valley CivilizationsMesopotamia VOCABULARY wORDS
1.) Fertile Crescent- An area of land that stretches in a large arc from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea 2.) Mesopotamia- The “Land between two rivers”. 3.) Tigris-Euphrates River Valley- Main source of water in Mesopotamian civilizations. 4.) City-State- A large civilization and its surrounding country side. 5.) Ziggurat- Pyramid Shaped temples.
6.) Sumerians- Early Mesopotamian civilization 7.) Cuneiform- Wedge- shaped writing system of the Sumerians 8.) Akkadians– First Empire in recorded history 9.) Sargon- Powerful leader of the Akkadians 10.) Empire- Group of territories or cultures controlled by one ruler
11.) Hammurabi – King of the Babylon Empire 12.) Babylon- Magnificent city state on the Euphrates River 13.) Hammurabi’s Code- First written law code in history 14.) “Eye for an Eye”- Basic principle of Hammurabi’s code that meant harsh punishments that equaled the severity of the crime committed. 15.) Ninevah – Assyrian capital that valued the preservation of knowledge; Home of the first library
16.) Nebuchadnezzar- Chaldean leader that rebuilt the city of Babylon and constructed the “Hanging Gardens of Babylon”. 17.) Persian Empire- Powerful civilization in ancient Middle East 18.) Phoenicians- Civilization of merchants that constructed a vast number of trade routes and colonies throughout the Mediterranean
19.) Satrapies – Persian provinces 20.) Zend Avesta- Sacred book of the Persian Empire 21.) “Crossroads of the World” – Nickname for the Middle East, joining of the land routes of Africa, Asia and Europe.
