| A | B |
| Ziggurat | Temple |
| Cuneiform | Wedge shaped writing |
| Stylus | A reed used to write with on clay tablets |
| Mesopotamia | Landa between the rivers |
| Fertile Crescent | A semicircular shaped wedge of land in the Middle East where civilization began (Mesopotamia is another name for this) |
| Eurphrates River | Southern border of Mesopotamia |
| Tigris River | Northern border of Mesopotamia |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | Example of Sumerian writing for entertainment |
| Irrigation Systems | Ways to control water for agriculture, included dams and canal systems |
| Ur | the location of the largest known ziggurat |