| A | B |
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| Culture | The knowledge, beliefs, customs and values of a group of people. |
| Temple | Religious building, for example the top of a ziggurat. |
| Government | It sets and enforces laws in a region |
| Polytheism | The worship of many gods and goddesses. |
| Monotheism | The belief in only one god. |
| City-state | a self-governing city and its surrounding area |
| Monarch | a single ruler of a kingdom or empire. |
| Empire | Large area of land and people ruled by one person or one government |
| Irrigation | A way of supplying water to an area of land. |
| Cuneiform | The world's oldest form of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols |
| Epic | a long poem that tells stories of heroes |
| Ziggurat | a mud-brick stepped tower with stairways to a small temple at the top |
| Mesopotamia | The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Pu-Abi | Ancient Queen of Ur whose grave was uncovered in 1928 |
| Sargon the Great | World's first empire builder from Akkad |
| Gilgamesh | Legendary king of Uruk and the subject of the world's first epic |
| Abraham | The man from ancient Ur who followed only one God. |
| Sir Charles Leonard Woolley | English archaeologist who uncovered the Royal Tombs of Ur |
| Warfare | The engagement in intense armed conflict |
| Trade | an exchange of goods and services |
| Law Code of Hammurabi | a set of laws used to govern the Babylonian empire |
| Ram in the Thicket | Twin artifacts found in the Death Pit of Ur |
| Standard of Ur | Artifact from Ur composed with a war and peace side |
| Chariot | Wheeled vehicle drawn by donkeys or horses used in ancient warfare |
| Silt | Fertile material carried by a river and deposited on its banks |
| Bas Relief | a carving, sometimes in alabaster |
| Lamassu | name for giant winged bull statues |
| Tribute | a yearly tax paid to conquering people |
| Citadel | a hill top or mountain fortress, surrounded by stone walls |
| Stele | a carving on a stone slab monument usually with text and images |
| Astronomy | the study of the movements of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars |
| Aqueduct | a channel for carrying fresh water to a city, sometimes using tunnels and bridges |
| Siege | to surround a city to try to force it to surrender |
| Pictograph | a system of writing based on pictures |
