Transcript Aqueduct - marascoela

Aqueduct
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Aqueduct -a bridge-like
structure that carries a
water conduit or canal
across a valley or over a
river.
Cuniform
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Example of a cuniform tablet.
Cuniform-having the
form of a wedge;
wedge-shaped.
Example of cuniform writing:
Drought

Drought -a period of dry
weather, esp. a long one
that is injurious to
crops.
Irrigation

Irrigation - the artificial
application of water to
land to assist in the
production of crops.
Levee
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Levee - an embankment
designed to prevent the
flooding of a river.
Polytheism
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Polytheism -The worship
of or belief in more than
one god.
Worshipper statues

Scribes created the
wedge shapes which
made cuneiform
signs by pressing the
stylus into a clay or
wax surface.
Scribe

Scribe - a person who
serves as a professional
copyist, esp. one who
made copies of
manuscripts before the
invention of printing.
Reed Stylus
Reed Stylus - A reed stylus
was the main writing
tool used by
Mesopotamian scribes.
Silt
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Silt - earthy matter, fine
sand, or the like carried
by moving or running
water and deposited as a
sediment.
Ziggurat
Ziggurat: a multi-storied
temple tower from ancient
Mesopotamia.
Ziggurats are,
architecturally, the
Mesopotamian equivalent of
the Egyptian pyramids:
large artificial square
mountains of stone
Erosion

Erosion -the process by
which the surface of the
earth is worn away by the
action of water, glaciers,
winds, waves, etc.
Empire

Empire -a group of nations or
peoples ruled over by an emperor,
empress, or other powerful
sovereign or government: usually
a territory of greater extent than a
kingdom
City-state

City-state -A city-state
is a region controlled
exclusively by a city,
and usually having
sovereignty.
Historically, city-states
have often been part of
larger cultural areas.