| A | B |
|---|
| Fertile Crescent | Region of the Middle East named for its rich soils and golden wheat fields; arc shaped |
| Mesopotamia | “Land between the rivers” |
| Social Hierarchy | System of dividing/ranking groups socially |
| Monotheistic | Belief in 1 God |
| Ziggurat | Pyramid shaped temple |
| Surplus | Producing more goods or crops than needed |
| Irrigation | Way of controlling water for farming |
| Polytheistic | Belief in many gods |
| Hammurabi’s Code | First written set of laws |
| Cuneiform | The World’s first system of writing |
| Tigris and Euprates River | Two Rivers that ran through Ancient Mesopotamia |
| Silt | A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile |
| Empire | Independent territories that make up a civilization |
| Divison of labor | A system that divides people into jobs to accomplish different tasks |
