Mesopotamia Vocabulary

FERTILE CRESCENT

• Land surrounding the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile Rivers

ZIGGURAT

• Religious temples of Mesopotamia; shaped like a pyramid

MIGRATION

•Moving from one place to another

CLASS SYSTEM

• Division of people into similar social groups according to their job

CODE OF HAMMURABI

• Oldest set of laws ever recorded. 282 laws meant to keep order in ancient Babylon

IRRAGATION SYSTEM

• Series of canals that brought water from rivers to crops

CUNEIFORM

• Oldest form of writing. Used wedge shapes in clay

SPECIALIZATION

• Focusing on one specific skill or job. ‘What’s your specialty?’

DOMESTICATION

• To tame; Raising animals for food