| A | B |
|---|
| Mesopotamia | The "land between the rivers" |
| Fertile Crescent | The Cradle of Civilization |
| Tigris & Euphrates Rivers | Two rivers where civilization first developed |
| levee | A man made earthen wall to hold back river waters |
| irrigation | a method to water the crops in the field |
| city-state | Like a small independent country |
| natural reosurce | anything nature thing used to meet a need |
| artisan | a skilled workers who makes thing by hand |
| merchant | Businessmen who trades other craftsmen items for profit |
| scribe | Person who could write in ancient times |
| plow | tool used to carve open ground, prepare for farming |
| trade | exchanging goods for other goods |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| deity | A god or someone with god-like powers |
| ziggurat | A religious temple in Mesopotamia |
