| A | B |
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| Sumer | powerful city state in southern Mesopotamia |
| Akkad | a city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the world’s first empire |
| Uruk | a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia |
| Gilgamesh | c 2700 B.C. Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh |
| Sargon | Akkadian king who united all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the world’s first empire |
| Enheduanna | Daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess of Ur |
| Ur-Nammu | c. 2200 B.C. –2100 Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur |
| Shulgi | King of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was the son of Ur-Nammu |
| Ziggurat | a huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms |
| society | an organized community with established rules and traditions |
| polytheism | the worship of many gods |
| scribe | a professional writer |
| cuneiform | a form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times |
| conquer | to defeat |
| empire | a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler |
| dynasty | a ruling family |
