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| cuneiform | the Sumerian system of writing, which used symbols to represent basic parts of words |
| pictographs | picture symbols that represented objects such as trees or animals |
| scribe | writer |
| epics | long poems that tell the story of a hero |
| architecture | the science of building |
| ziggurat | a pyramid-shaped temple tower |
| monarch | a ruler of a kingdom or empire |
| Hammurabi's Code | the earliest known written collection of laws, comprising 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life |
| chariot | a wheeled, horse-drawn battle car |
| Nebuchadnezzar | the Chaldean King who rebuilt Babylon |
| alphabet | a set of letter that can be combined to form written words |
