Saragon of Akkad - created the world's first empire, King of Hammurabi - Wrote the earliest law codes, King of Nebuchadnessar - Rebuilt Babylon; associated with the Hanging Gardens, Gilgamesh - Legendary king from one of the world's oldest stories, Marduk - The most important god in Mesopotamia, city-state - a city and the land around it with its own government, ziggurat - a large pyramid-shape temple, polytheism - belief in many gods, cuneiform - the world's first system of writing, scribe - a person trained to write, irrigation - a system for bringing water to crops, Fertile Crescent - a region of rich farmland where early civilization developed, Empire - a large area ruled by one king or leader, Hammurabi's Code - a written set of laws for Babylone, Surplus - extra food or supplies, trade - the exchange of goods and services, Mesopotamia - means the "land between the rivers and Fertile Crescent, Two major rivers - Euphrates and Tigris, soil - Mesopotamia had fertile _____.,

Social Studies Ancient Mesopotamia

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