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Ziggurat

A rectangular pyramid with terraces built by the people in the Mesopotamia. It was usually used as a religious temple or government building. Ziggurat. Manmade streams that controlled the amount of water crops received in River Valley Civilizations. Irrigation Canals. Crops. Irrigation Canal.

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Ziggurat

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  1. A rectangular pyramid with terraces built by the people in the Mesopotamia. It was usually used as a religious temple or government building. Ziggurat

  2. Manmade streams that controlled the amount of water crops received in River Valley Civilizations. Irrigation Canals Crops Irrigation Canal River Crops

  3. Silt-Loess Nutrients gathered by running river water that were distributed onto soil to help crops grow during floods.

  4. Economy System of value (currency, trading) connected throughout an area.

  5. Polytheism A religion that believes in many gods. (Hindu)

  6. Monotheism A religion that believes in one god. (Christianity, Judaism) Judaism Christianity Zoroastrianism Islam

  7. Seasonal Flood A flood that would come every spring and put nutrients into the soil for the River Valley Civilizations.

  8. Culture Behavior of people in a specific area. Ex.) music, clothes, customs, holidays, traditions, architecture, arts.

  9. – Legal code in Mesopotamia in 1800 BCE. Earliest set of laws known to man. Code of Hammurabi

  10. Cuneiform Writing system in the Mesopotamia that began around 3400 BCE.

  11. Judaism One of the first monotheistic religions, began around Mesopotamia 3,000BCE. Holy book is called the Torah. Moses parts the Red Sea David vs. Goliath Moses shows the 10 Commandments

  12. City- State A city that is an independent nation.

  13. Monarchy Kings and Queens that pass power down to their children over a country, city or empire.

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