| A | B |
|---|
| famine | A widespread lack of food resulting in hunger and starvation. |
| drought | A long period of dry weather. |
| barter | Trade of one kind of product for another withou the use of money. |
| surplus | An extra supply of something, such as food. |
| ziggurat | A large temple built by the ancient Sumerians to honor their gods and goddesses. |
| city-state | A self-governing city and the lands surrounding it. |
| Code of Hammurabi | The world's first system of laws, recorded by Hammurabi, the king of Babylonia. |
| Ten Commandments | According to the Bible, the ten laws God gave Moses on Mount Sinai. |
| Judaism | A world religion founded by the ancient Hebrews. |
| monotheism | Belief in one God. |
| polytheism | Belief in many gods. |
| cuneiform | A system of writing developed in ancient Sumeria that used wedge-shaped symbols. |
| Mesopotamia | "land between two rivers" |
| proverbs | short sayings |
