| A | B |
|---|
| Pu-Abi | Queen of Ur |
| Enheduanna | Daughter of Sargon |
| Sargon | Akkadian empire builder |
| Gilgamesh | Legendary king of Uruk |
| Enkidu | Friend of Gilgamesh |
| irrigation | System of canals and levees |
| cuneiform | Sumerian writing system |
| Humbaba | Demon of the cedar forest |
| Mesopotamia | Land between the rivers |
| ziggurat | Temple to a deity |
| polytheism | Belief in more than one god |
| Akkadians | Semitic people |
| Agade | Sargon's capital city |
| city-state | An independent city |
| silt | Rich soil carried by rivers |
| Empire | Area controlled by one group or person |
| Nippur | Religious center of Sumer |
| Enlil | God of Nippur |
| Inanna (Ishtar) | Goddess of love and war |
| Lugal-Zaggisi | Sargon's foe (enemy) |
| Coalition | An alliance |
| Uruk | City of King Gilgamesh |
| Ur | City where Pu-Abi was buried |
| Kish | City where Sargon ruled |
| Monotheism | Belief in only one god |
| Ram in the Thicket | Artifact from Ur |
| Woolley | English archaeologist |
| Shamash | The Sun god |
