| A | B |
|---|
| famous law-giver of ancient Mesopotamia | Hammurabi |
| a place with a name that means “land between the rivers” | Mesopotamia |
| name given to Mesopotamia that describes its shape and rich soil | Fertile Crescent |
| first people to live in Mesopotamia | Sumerians |
| a city and the areas it controls | city-state |
| most important gods of Mesopotamia | Enlil and Utu |
| pyramid-shaped tower that supported a temple | ziggurat |
| 2 governing groups of a Mesopotamian city-state | priests & king |
| system that divides people into social groups from highest to lowest | class system |
| members of highest class in Mesopotamia | kings, priests, wealthy property owners |
| members of lowest class in Mesopotamia | slaves |
| Sumerian writing system | cuneiform |
| Sumerian writers & record-keepers | scribes |
| Sumerian semidivine hero | Gilgamesh |
| members of middle class in Mesopotamia | skilled workers, merchants, farmers |
| ancient place, approx. same area as Iraq & parts of Syria & Turkey now | Mesopotamia |
