CHAPTER 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 SARGON | HE WAS AN AKKADIAN EMPORER, AND THE FIRST RULER OT HAVE A PERMANENT ARMY |
| KISH | CITY-STATE IN SUMER |
| GILGAMESH | KING OF URUK, A CITY-STATE IN SUMER HE BECAME A LEGENDARY FIGURE IN SUMERIAN LITERATURE |
| UR-ZABABA | THE KING OF KISH |
| PALACE | A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WHERE A KING LIVES |
| TEMPLE | A PLACE OF WORSHIP BUILT TO HONOR THE GODS |
| REED | MADE INTO A WRITING INSTRUMENT CALLED A STYLUS |
| KNIVES | WEAPONS |
| BABYLON | AN ANCIENT CITY ON LOWER EUPHRATES RIVER NEAR WHAT IS NOW PRESENT DAY BAGHDAD |
| UR | A LARGE CITY-STATE IN ANCIENT MESOPATAMIA |
| RURAL | COUNTRYSIDE |
| EMPIRE | LAND WITH DIFFERENT TERRITORIES, AND PEOPLES UNDER A SINGLE RULE |
| PICTOGRAPHS | PICTURE SYMBOLS |
| EPICS | LONG POEMS THAT TELL STORIES OF HEROES |
| ALPHABET | A SET OF LETTERS THAT CAN BE COMBINED TO FORM WORDS |
| FERTILE CRESCENT | A LARGE ARC OF RICH FERTILE FARMLAND FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE PERSIAN GULF |
| CUNEIFORM | THE WORLDS FIRST SYSTEM OF WRITING THAT WAS INVENTED BY THE SUMERIANS. IT HAS WEDGED SHAPED CHARACTERS WHICH WERE MADE WITH A REED STYLUS |
| SOCIAL HIERARCHY | THE DIVISION OF SOCIETY BY RANK OR CLASS |
| IRRIGATION | A WAY OF SUPPLYING WATER TO AN AREA OF LAND |
| URBAN | CITY |
| MONARCH | A RULER OF A KINGDOM OR EMPIRE |
| POLYTHEISM | THE WORSHIP OF MANY GODS |
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