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Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler | empire |
| a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero | epic |
| a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire | province |
| fine particles of fertile soil | silt |
| a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory | city-states |
| a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams | irrigation |
| an amount that is left over after a need has been met | surplus |
| a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top | ziggurat |
| writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay | cuneiform |
| a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper | scribe |
| an ambitious leader who ruled the people of Akkad, known as Akkadians | sargon |
| The king that made the first written law | hammurabi |
| The first written laws | hammurabi's code |