| A | B |
|---|
| cuneiform | wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay tablets |
| ziggurat | a religious temple in Sumer |
| Sargon | first person to rule an empire in Mesopotamia |
| Phoenicians | people who developed a system of writing based on symbols that stood for sounds |
| Mesopotamia | the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Hammurabi | Babylonian ruler who established a tax system to support the government |
| monarchy | government with one ruler |
| Moses | leader of the Israelites who led them out of Egypt |
| scribe | a person in Sumerian society whose job it was to write |
