Mesopotamia - Vocabulary

A pictogram is a chart that uses pictures or symbols to represent data.

​​Pictograms

​A civilization is a large group of people who share advanced ways of living and working. City people developed advanced forms of culture and government.

Civilizations

Trade is the buying and selling of goods and services. Goods are objects that people grow or make

​​Trade

​Any group of people living together in a country, state, city, or local community has to live by certain rules.

​​Government

A person who has the authority to lead or perform religious ceremonies

Priests

​The process of watering the ground, or when water is taken from one place and sent to where it is needed

Irrigation

Ways that the government can collect money from its citizens to pay for things that the people need.

Priests