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Fertile Crescent
Question | Answer |
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Fertile Crescent | a region of the Middle East named for its rich soils and golden wheat fields. |
Hierarchy | Each Sumerian city-state had a distinct social hierarchy (HY ur ahr kee), or system of ranking groups. The highest class included the ruling family, leading officials, and high priests. |
Ziggurat | Each city built a ziggurat (ZIG oo rat), a large, stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to the city's chief god or goddess. |
Cuneiform | It was later called cuneiform (kyoo NEE uh fawrm), from the Latin word cuneus for "wedge," because scribes wrote by making wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets. |
Mesopotamia | Greeks later named Mesopotamia, which means "between the rivers." |
Epic of Gilgamesh | The Epic of Gilgamesh, which was first told story in Sumer. |
Famine | famine led to the downfall of the empire. |
Sargon | took control of the region. |
Empire | when several peoples, nations, or previously independent states are placed under the control of one ruler. |
Stela | which has all 282 of Hammurabi's laws engraved on it. |