100 rural 200 urban 300 city state 400 Gilgamesh 500 Sargon
rural
Countryside
empire
Or land with different territories and peoples under a single rule.
pictographs
picture symbols.
monarch
A ruler of a kingdom or empire.
who created the worlds first civilization.
Sumerian
urban
city
polytheism
The worship of many gods.
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hammurabi's code
Was a set of 282 laws that dealt with every part of daily life.
which civilization believed in polytheism
the Sumerians
city-state
Consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
priests
People who performed religious ceremonies.
epics
Longs poems that tell the stories of heroes.
chariot
A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.
what did people write on in the stone age?
they wrote on cave walls
gilgamesh
Became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.
social hierarchy
The division of society by rank or class.
architecture
The science of building.
nebuchadnezzar
The most famous chaldean king rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city.
who is the head coach of the Steelers
mike Tomlin
sargon
Sought to extend akkadian territory.
cuneiform
The world's first system of writing.
ziggurat
A pyramid-shaped temple tower.
alphabet
Is a set of letters that can be combined to form words.
how many players are allowed on a football field
11