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1. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that means “between two rivers”. MESOPOTAMIA
2. Each worker specializing in a specific task is called. DIVISION OF LABOR
3. Man made waterways to bring water to the crops and to control the river flooding. CANALS
4. People who perform religious ceremonies. PRIESTS
5. Having more than needed and what was used as an offering to the gods. SURPLUS
6. Writers who were able to move up in social classes. SCRIBES
7. The first group of people to rule after Hammurabi. HITTITES
8. A city and it’s surrounding countryside. CITY-STATE
9. These people were led by Nebuchadnezzar and tried to recreate the Sumerian culture. CHALDEANS
10. These people built their society on trading instead of winning battles and they invented the alphabet.
PHOENICIANS
11. The people used iron weapons and chariots in battle. ASSYRIANS
12. A wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle. CHARIOT
13. The first king of Babylon who made the world’s first set of laws. HAMMURABI
14. The world’s first civilization was started by the. SUMERIANS
15. This man’s army conquered northern Mesopotamia and defeated all the city-states of Sumer. SARGON
16. A pyramid shaped temple-tower. ZIGGURAT
17. The belief in many gods. POLYTHEISM
18. Long poems that tell the story of a hero. EPICS
19. A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks. SILT
20. The study of buildings. ARCHITECTURE
21. A division of society by rank or class. SOCIAL HIERARCHY
22. The world’s first system of writing. CUNEIFORM
23. Land with different territories under a single rule. EMPIRE
24. The countryside. RURAL
25. The city. URBAN
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