| A | B |
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| Mesopotamia | a plain in southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates |
| city-state | a city and the surrounding land that it controlled |
| Fertile Crescent | good farming land shaped as a crescent |
| empire | land under the control of a ruler |
| polytheism | the belief in many gods |
| ziggurat | a layered pyramid-shaped temple |
| Hammurabi | a Babylonian leader who put together laws |
| cuneiform | a system of writing |
