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| reign | period of power |
| levees | raised areas of land |
| Mesopotamia | cradle of civilization |
| culture | way of life |
| empire | group of states under one ruler |
| Sargon I | ruler of Akkad |
| Sumer | southern Mesopotamia |
| ziggurat | mountain of god or hill of heaven |
| calendar | marked the times for religious festivals |
| reform | improvement |
| calendar | based on cycles of the moon |
| city-states | made up of the city and the farmland around it |
| Gilgamesh | famous priest-king |
| surplus | extra |
| Sumerians | inventors of the wheel |
| artisans | skilled workers |
| Hammurabi | king of Babylon |
| cuneiform | Sumerian writing made up of wedge-shaped signs |
| Ur | great city of Sumer |
| barley | chief crop of Sumerians |
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8th Grade Science/Social Studies Teacher |
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