| A | B |
|---|
| mesopotamia | means between two rivers |
| stlyus | a wedge-shaped insturment made of reed and used for writing |
| ur | Mesopotamia most important city |
| cuneiform | the writing system invented by the Sumerians; it literally means wedge-shaped |
| hammurabi | a babylonian king |
| leveys | Raised areas of earth designed to hold back the floodwaters |
| tigris | on of the two rivers that forms mesopotamia |
| horoscope | a forecast of a person's future, based on a diagram of the planets and stars at a given moment |
| gardens | the hanging _______ was considered one of the seven wonders of the world |
| preist-king | The name we give to a priest who also ruled a city-state |
| Euphrates | one of the two rivers that forms Mesopotamia |
| scribe | the name given to a writer in ancient civilizations |
| sumer | the world's first civilization |
