mud or clay or small rocks deposited by flood- ideal for farming
a way of supplying water to an area of land
human made waterways that connect basins to a network of ditches
each worker specializes in a particular task or job
country side areas where farmers lived
consists of the city and the countryside around it
a legendary figure in Sumerian literature
found the Akkadian Empire and so became the first ruler of an empire in the Fertile Crescent
land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
people who performed religious ceremonies and had great status in Sumer
The division of society by rank or class
the world's first system of writing achieved by the Sumerians
long poems that tell the stories of heroes
a pyramid shaped temple tower with a shrine at the top
a ruler of a kingdom or empire
a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a wheeled horse-drawn cart used in a battle
the most famous Chaldean king, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city
a set of letters that can be combined to form words
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