Mesopotamian Unit- 6th grade
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- City-state
- a self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages
- Plateau
- an area of flat land that rises above the surrounding land
- Drought
- a long period of of dry weather
- Ziggurat
- a large temple located in the centers of ancient Sumerian cities
- Abraham
- founder of Judaism who, according to the Bible, led his family from Ur to Canaan in obedience to God's command
- Moses
- Prophet who led the Israelites out of slavery in Eygpt
- Monotheism
- belief in one god
- Judaism
- the religion of the Jewish people
- Diaspora
- The scattering of Jews to many parts of the world
- Hammurabi
- King of the Babylonian empire, creator of the Code of Hammurabi,one of the world's oldest codes of law
- Torah
- the first five books of the Hebrew Bible containing the laws and teachings of Judaism
- Irrigation
- the watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes
- Cuneiform
- A system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds,ideas and objects; developed in ancient Sumer
- Solomon
- He was the son of King David and he built a great temple in Jerusalem
- Polytheism
- The belief in many god's and goddesses
- Sargon
- the king of the city-state Kish; united the city-states of Sumer to create an empire
- Famine
- a widespread lack of food resulting in starvation and hunger