How society uses its resources and the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

Setting guidelines to make sure certain goods/services are produced/performed in the same way.

Mastery of a skill or set of skills in one type of work that led to a division of labor.

An advanced form of culture with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, record keeping, and technology.

The first established civilization, translated to "land between the rivers"

An area of land between hills or mountains with a river running through it.

the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia. These rivers would flood and provide silt that made the soil fertile.

The fine soil deposited by floodwaters, typically rich in nutrients

The flat land that borders the banks of rivers; often flood waters overflow onto this area

A physical feature that protects or prevents travel through an area. For example, mountains, deserts, and swamps

The movement/transport of water to crops.

An amount of a good that is more than what is needed

The transformation of human societies moving from a time of hunting and gathering to a time of farming.

The belief in many gods/goddesses

The largest and most important temple in Sumerian society.

Social order is the way society is organized (often by class/job).

Type of government in which one person rules, and power passes down through family

A city and its surrounding farmland.

Set of written rules for people to obey

how society uses its resources and the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services

setting guidelines to make sure certain goods/services are produced/performed in the same way

mastery of a skill or set of skills in one type of work that led to the division of labor

king of Egypt, believed to be a god on earth

line of rulers from the same family

order in which members of a royal family inherit a throne

government and religion are interrelated, linked together so tightly they cannot be seperated

followed formal rituals and took care of the temples to keep the gods happy

life that follows death, Egyptians believed that prosperity could lead to a happy eternity

preserve a body after death by removing organs and filling body with salt and herbs

a structure shaped like a triangle with four sides that meet at a point, which served as ancient Egyptian tombs

pictures that stand for different words or sounds, ancient Egyptian written language

paper-like material made from the stems of the papyrus reed, used for scrolls and books

people trained in skills or crafts

cloth woven from flax plant fibers

irrigation tool used to spread water across a field