| A | B |
|---|
| Mesopotamia | Land between two rivers |
| Hammurabi | A ruler of Mesopotamia |
| Sumerians | First people to live in Mesopotamia |
| Fertile Crescent | Another name for Mesopotamia: crescent-shaped with fertile soil |
| Code of Hammurabi | Laws that Hammurabi followed (an ey for an eye, a tooth for a tooth |
| city-state | A city and the surrounding areas it controls |
| ziggurat | A pyramid-shaped tower used for religious purposes |
| class sytem | System that divides a society into groups by wealth |
| emperor | Ruler of an empire |
| empire | Group of cities under one ruler's control |
| cuneiform | Sumerian's 1st system of writing; wedge-shaped symbols |
| scribe | A professional writer |
| irrigation | a way of bringing water to dry land |
| shadoof | a simple irrigation tool |
| hunters-gatherers | found food by hunting and collecting wild grains and fruits |
| fertile | soil that is enriched and full of nutrients |
