| A | B |
|---|
| scribes | Egyptian clerks who read and wrote for those who could not do so for themselves |
| mummification | process of preserving the body with chemicals after death |
| caravans | groups of people traveling together for safety over long distances |
| cuneiform | sumerian writing made by pressing a wedge-shaped tool into clay tablets |
| arch | curved structure over an opening |
| city-states | form of government that includes a town or city and the surrounding land controlled by it |
| ziggurats | sumerian temples made of sun-dried bricks |
| Sargon | was the most powerful Akkadian king |
| Hammurabi | a babylonian ruler best known for creating the Code of Hammurabi |
| Nebuchadnezzar | a ruler most known for creating the Hanging Gardens of Baylon |
| Zoroaster | a prophet whose teachings became known as Zoroastrianism |
