lesson 4 ss
Laws
Enforceable rules of conduct in a society
Cuneiform
A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
Fertile Crescent
A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
Yellow River (Huang He)
A river that runs through northern China, "River of Sorrow" becuase of frequent flooding.
Hieroglyphics
An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Intensification
Intensification
centralized authority
an organization structure in which decision-making authority is maintained at the top level of management
Mesopotamia/Sumer
the civilization that developed around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers around 3500 BC/BCE