| A | B |
|---|
| Euphrates | river in Mesopotamia |
| Iraq | Mesopotamia today is |
| Sumerians | earliest civilization in Mesopotamia |
| Inanna | Mesoopotamian fertility goddess |
| An | creator god of Mesopotamia |
| Gilgamesh | legendary king of Uruk |
| ziggurat | stepped platform temple |
| lugal | title of some Mesopotamian kings |
| Sargon of Akkad | first imperialist |
| Enheduanna | first author in the western world |
| Enuma Elish | Babylonian creation epic |
| Hammurabi | his law code can be viewed in Paris |
| cuneiform | style of writing in Mesopotamia |
| Ebla | powerful city in Syria |
| Naram-Sin | grandson of Sargon |
| Urukagina | reformer of Lagash |
| cylinder seal | indicated ownership of property |
| Uruk Vase | looted during Iraq war in 2003 |
| Ubaid culture | earliest settlements in lower Mesopotamia |
| talent | weight of metal used in commerce |
