Tigris River - A river that supplies water, travel, and irrigation., Euphrates River - Another river that supplies water, travel, and irrigation., Fertile Crescent - Rich land from the Euphrates and Tigris river., Arid - Dry land, Flood - Water that surrounds farms and is good and bad for the crops., Drought - shortage of water., Irrigation - Help water the plants., Surplus - More than what is needed or extra, City-state - Cities that have their own government., Ziggurat - Temple of the city states, Polytheism - To worship many gods, Social class - The group you're in based on your social status., Cuneiform - The first form of ancient writing., Scribe - A writer who was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy., Lugal - A big man who was the secular king of the city states, Empire/Emperor - A group of states under one a leader., The Code of Hammurabi - First written set of laws., Hierarchy - A pyramid shaped power structure., Monarchy - Mesopotamia government, Democratic/Democracy - Where people could choose their leaders., Summeriains - Ones who founded Mesipotamia, Sargon of Akkad - Created the world's first empire., Akkadian Empire - World's first empire., Babylon Empire - The empire made the world's first written code of laws, Secular - Non religious, Persian Gulf - A body of water and an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian peninsula,

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