Euphrates River - one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf, Tigris River - one of the two largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf, Mesopotamia - A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed the first urban societies., Uruk - The largest city of ancient Mesopotamia, Hammurabi - Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC), Hammurabi's Code - a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life, Standard of Ur - "box" with two sides of images that tell us a lot about life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Ziggurat - A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound built by the Babylonians, Cuneiform - A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets., irrigation - The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops., Birth of Civilization - development of agriculture and domestication led to food surplus which led to specialization and writing which led to towns and cities start to grow, writing - the activity or skill of marking coherent words on paper and composing text., polytheism - Belief in many gods, clay tablets - what Sumerians wrote on, Babylon - the capital of Babylonia; a city of great wealth and luxury, scribe - A professional writer, domestication of animals - the taming of animals and plants for human use, such as work or as food, cultivation of crops - growing food, surplus - A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded, Specialization of Labor - Focusing work effort on a particular product or a single task,

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