| A | B |
|---|
| Gilgamesh | subject of oldest written story |
| Hammurabi | known for Code of laws |
| Sargon I | Created world's first Empire |
| Ur | a Sumerian city |
| scribe | Sumerian writer |
| Ziggurat | Sumerian Temple |
| Lower-Class | Farmers and unskilled workers |
| Upper-Class | Preists and Merchants |
| Twin Rivers | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Cuneiform | Sumerian writing |
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| empire | group of states under one rule |
| culture | way of life |
| reform | changethat leads to improvement |
| reign | period of power |
| surplus | extra to trade |
| priests-king | Sumerian governmental and religious leader |
| artisans | skilled workers |
| city-state | city and farmland around it |
| levees | kept back flood water |
