| A | B |
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| Fertile Crescent | Mesopotamia was called the ___, farmland surrounded by desert |
| Ziggurat | Pyramid shaped temple, common in Sumerian civilizations |
| Mesopotamia | ___ is an ancient region, meaning “between two rivers” in Greek |
| Silt | The floods of the Tigris and Euphrates would leave ___ for farming |
| Floods | Regularly washed away top soil and destroyed villages |
| Calendar | Mesopotamians developed a 12 month ___ |
| Irrigation | Mesopotamians used ___ to water crops during the dry season |
| Trade | Mesopotamians acquired materials not common in Mesopotamia |
| Cuneiform | Earliest known writing system |
| Clay tablets | Used a stylus to carve writing onto ___ |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | Possibly the oldest written story in the world |
| 60 | Sumerians and Babylonians used a number system based on ___ |
| Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh was based on a powerful king named ___ |
| Enkidu | In the Epic of Gilgamesh, ___ is a wild man, raised by animals, but eventually becomes close friends with Gilgamesh |
| Huwawa | Giant and guardian of the Cedar Forest slayed by Gilgamesh |
| Ziusudra | After the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh seeks advice from ___, a former Sumerian king who survived the great flood |
| Peasant farmers | Most people in Mesopotamia were ___ |
| Polytheistic | Worship many gods |
| Palace | Center of government and a house for the king and queen |
| City walls | ___ were built around the city to protect the people from attack |
| Aqueducts | ___ were constructed to move water throughout cities |
| City-states | Most cities developed their own governments, becoming ___ |
| Empire | State gaining, controling and ruling land and people outside its state |
| Code of Hammurabi | First important attempt by a ruler to publish the laws of his kingdom |
| Warfare | Common due to limited farmland. Brought chaos to Mesopotmia |
