| A | B |
|---|
| Fertile Crescent soil | rich and fertile |
| Export | goods leaving the country |
| Mesopotamia's two rivers | Euphrates and Tigris |
| Cuneiform is a type of | writing |
| A state containing several countries | empire |
| strict set of laws were called | Hammurabi's code of laws |
| Payment made to show loyalty | Tribute |
| Religious temple | Ziggurat |
| supply water to crops | Irrigation |
| basic unit of Sumerian civilization made up of a city and its surrounding land | City-State |
| Stele | a stone pillar with information and laws |
| worship of many gods | Polytheism |
| trading system where people exchange goods without money | barter |
| World's first civilization | Sumer |
| Phoenicians development of a new way of writing called | an alphabet |
