1. Ziggurat A rectangular pyramid with terraces built by the people in the Mesopotamia. It was usually used as a religious temple or government building.

2. Irrigation Canals River Irrigation Canal Crops Manmade streams that controlled the amount of water crops received in River Valley Civilizations.

3. Nutrients gathered by running river water that were distributed onto soil to help crops grow during floods. Silt-Loess

4. Economy System of value (currency, trading) connected throughout an area.

5. Polytheism A religion that believes in many gods. (Hindu)

6. A religion that believes in one god. (Christianity, Judaism) Judaism Christianity Zoroastrianism Islam Monotheism

7. Seasonal Flood A flood that would come every spring and put nutrients into the soil for the River Valley Civilizations.

8. Culture Behavior of people in a specific area. Ex.) music, clothes, customs, holidays, traditions, architecture, arts.

9. Code of Hammurabi – Legal code in Mesopotamia in 1800 BCE. Earliest set of laws known to man.

10. Cuneiform Writing system in the Mesopotamia that began around 3400 BCE.

11. One of the first monotheistic religions, began around Mesopotamia 3,000BCE. Holy book is called the Torah. Moses shows the 10 Commandments Moses parts the Red Sea David vs. Goliath Judaism

12. City- State A city that is an independent nation.

13. Monarchy Kings and Queens that pass power down to their children over a country, city or empire.