Cuneiform - the Sumerian system of writing, which used symbols to represent basic parts of worlds., Pictographs - picture symbols that represented objects such as trees or animals, Scribe - writer, Epics - long poems that tell the story of a hero, Architecture - the science of building, Ziggurat - a pyramid-shaped temple tower, Rural - having to do with the countryside., Urban - having to do with the city., City-state - a political unit consisting of a city and the surrounding countryside., Sargon - the Akkadian king who defeated Sumer and built the world’s first empire., Empire - land with different territories and peoples under a single rule., Polytheism - the worship of many gods, Priests - people who performed religious ceremonies, Social hierarchy: - a division of society by rank or class, Monarch - a ruler of a kingdom or empire, Hammurabi’s Code - the earliest known written collection of laws, comprising 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of life, Chariot - a wheeled, horse-drawn battle car, Fertile Crescent - a large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea., Silt: - a mix of rich soil and small rocks., Irrigation - a way of supplying water to an area of land., Canals: - Human-made waterways., Surplus - more of something than is needed., Division of Labor - an arrangement in which people specialize in specific tasks.,

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