| A | B |
|---|
| Sargon | first Empire builder in Mesopotamia |
| Hammurabi | leader of the Babylonians who created a law code |
| Assurbanipal | Assyrian leader who created the first libraries |
| cuneiform | the early writing style of Sumer |
| Nebuchadnezzar | Babylonian leader who built the Hanging Gardens |
| Darius | unified Persian Empire by dividing land up into provinces |
| civil law | laws that deal with private rights and matters |
| satrap | Persian governor who oversaw a province |
| barter economy | goods and services are exchanged for other goods and services |
| colony | territory settled and ruled by people from a distant land |
| delta | triangular area of marshland formed by deposits of silt |
| mummification | preservation of the dead |
| ziggurat | pyramid-shaped temple |
| monotheistic | belief in one god |
| polytheistic | belief in many gods |
| Rosetta Stone | used to understand the Egyptian hieroglyphics |
| Fertile Crescent | arc of land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Torah | Jewish holy religious text |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | ancient Sumerian story |
| Pharaoh | Egyptian king |
