Mesopotamia+Wikipedia

Ziggurat A stepped pyramid made of //stone?// bricks. Used mainly for religious puposes but also government, a meeting place, defence and a market. The ziggurat shows the levels of society.

Gilgamesh The king of Uruk around 2750 BCE. People thought that he was a deity. He had conquered many nearby cities. An epic poem about his life was written twelve clay tablets.

Hammurabi The greatest ruler of the first Babylonian dynasty. He created the Code of Hammurabi, the earliest-known record of laws set forth by a government.

Sargon The ruler of the Akkadians by 2334 BCE. He conquered many cities, however, he let the people in these cities still live normally, but just pay extra taxes to him.

Dynasty A succession of rulers who are all related to a common ancestor.

Deity God or divine being.

Pictograph Pictorial symbol or sign that represents a word or a group of words.

Cuneiform Certain types of writing in wedge-shaped strokes that were pressed into a substance such as clay.

Wheel A circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move over the ground. (courtesy of dictionary.com)

Mesopotamia The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in present-day Iraq.

Monotheism Believe in one god.

Polytheism Believe in thousands of gods

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