| A | B |
|---|
| System of writing using wedge-shaped stylus to etch in clay tablets | Cuneiform |
| Religious temple located in the center of a city-state | Ziggurat |
| A tool for turning soil | The Plow |
| Belief in many gods and goddesses | Polytheism |
| Land Between the Two Rivers | Mesopotamia |
| Long periods of dry weather | Drought |
| Area of elevated flatland | Plateau |
| Two rivers in the Fertile Crescent | The Tigris and Euphrates |
| A region in western Asia, shaped like a quarter moon | Fertile Crescent |
| A self-governing city, often surrounded by land and villages | City-state |
| Modern location of Sumer | Iraq |
| Over 200 laws etched into pillars | Code of Hammurabi |
| A system of watering crops | Irrigation |
| An ancient civilization containing several city-states and existed for about 3,000 years | Sumer |
| A person who wrote on clay tablets to record taxes, laws, and stories | Scribe |
| A division of society by rank or class | Social Class |
| King of Babylon and he created a set of laws | Hammurabi |
| Large body of water where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow in to | The Persian Gulf |
| The exchange of goods between people | Trade |
| A person with a special skill, knowledge, or training for a specific job | Skilled Worker |
