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Bazaar                Empire
0 Goods market   0 Area of many territories
                  and people controlled by
                  one government
Caravan                  Scribes
0 Groups of travelers   0 People in society who
                         could read and write
Cuneiform                   Monotheism
0 Picture system of        0 One God
 writing that uses wedge
 shaped symbols
Prophets              Mesopotamia
0 Religious leaders   0 Between 2 rivers
Covenant                Diaspora
0 Binding agreement   0 Scattering of people
Ziggurat                   City-State
0 Massive stepped tower      0 City with political and
 on which was built a         economic control over
 temple dedicated to the      the surrounding
 chief god or goddess of a    countryside
 Sumerian city
Polytheistic      Patriarchal
0 Many gods    0 Dominated by men

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Mesopotamia Vocabulary

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  • 2. Bazaar Empire 0 Goods market 0 Area of many territories and people controlled by one government
  • 3. Caravan Scribes 0 Groups of travelers 0 People in society who could read and write
  • 4. Cuneiform Monotheism 0 Picture system of 0 One God writing that uses wedge shaped symbols
  • 5. Prophets Mesopotamia 0 Religious leaders 0 Between 2 rivers
  • 6. Covenant Diaspora 0 Binding agreement 0 Scattering of people
  • 7. Ziggurat City-State 0 Massive stepped tower 0 City with political and on which was built a economic control over temple dedicated to the the surrounding chief god or goddess of a countryside Sumerian city
  • 8. Polytheistic Patriarchal 0 Many gods 0 Dominated by men