| A | B |
|---|
| fertile | land good for growing crops |
| wheel | Mesopotamian invention |
| Hanging Gardens of Babylon | 1 of 7 wonders of the ancient world |
| Tigris & Euphrates | rivers |
| Iraq | present day Mesopotamia |
| Mesopotamia | "between two rivers" |
| cuneiform | earliest written language |
| ziggurats | buildings with temples that led to heaven |
| first civilization | Sumer |
| irrigation | watering system |
| lunar calendar | predicted flooding |
| time | 60 minutes to an hour |
| circle | 360ยบ |
| The Code of Hammurabi | first laws |
| city state | place & surrounding area ruled by 1 group |
| empire | groups of lands or people ruled by another |
| chariot | 2 wheeled vehicle attached to an animal |
| plow | tool for planting |
| Gilgamesh | first written story |
| surgery | cutting open the body to heal it |
