chapter 6 on mesopotamia mesopotamia-administrator
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| 279883037 | Mesopotamia | is Greek for land between the two rivers, the first civilization, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, present day Iraq | 0 | |
| 279883038 | Plateau | broad area of high flat land, northern Mesopotamia | 1 | |
| 279883039 | Plain | a broad area of flat open land that is lower than the plateau in southern Mesopotamia | 2 | |
| 279883040 | Sumer | region in southern Mesopotamia, among the first cities in the world and used irrigation | 3 | |
| 279883041 | City-State | self governing independant area made up of city, surrounding village, and farmland | 4 | |
| 279883042 | Priests | ruled early city-states, ran irrigation systems, planned new canals, organized work crews, stored surplus grain in temples, collected taxes like grain and animals and prayed plus made sacrifices to please the gods | 5 | |
| 279883043 | Artisans | skilled worker who made goods by hand, made board games, musical instruments, and jewlery | 6 | |
| 279883044 | Trade | new goods crafted by artisans to exchange for building materials as city-states grew and it led to the need of keeping track of what was traded | 7 | |
| 279883045 | Bulla | round clay container, tokens put inside and sealed and you couldn't tell what was inside. they pressed marks into wet clay | 8 | |
| 279883046 | Technology | plow to break through hard soil,wheel and sailboat, made bronze tools and weapons | 9 | |
| 279883047 | Administrator | organized the building and upkeep of the canals, first administrators were priests | 10 |
