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a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
a way of supplying water to an area of land
irrigation
human-made waterway
Canal
countryside area
rural
Division of society by rank or class
Social hierarchy
a ruler of a kingdom or empire
Monarch
city area
urban
land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
empire
the worship of many gods
polytheism
A large arc of rich, fertile farmland. It extended from the Persian Gulf to the Med Sea
Fertile Cresent
a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
Chariot
the world's first system of writing
cuneiform
a pyramid-shaped temple tower
ziggurat
consists of a city and all the countryside around it
city-state
long poems that tell the stories of heroes
epics
set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
Hammurabi's Code
An organized society within an area. Often includes large cities with different social classes
civilization
Uruk king and legendary figure in Sumerian literature
Gilgamesh
first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BCE.
Sargon
an arrangement in which workers specialize in a particular task or job
Division of labor
Babylonian king ruled in central Mesopotamia from c. 1894 to 1595 B.C.
Hammurabi