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| the world's first system of writing made up of hundreds of wedge-shaped markings created by ancient Sumerians |
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| Sumerians used this wedge-shaped instrument made out of reed to write on wet clay tablets. |
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| made up of a city and the farmland around it with its own god and government; surrounded by a wall of sun-dried brick |
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| served as a temple located in the center of each Sumerian city-state that only priests could enter |
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| a writer, who has graduated from school, that works for the temple, the palace, the government, or the army |
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| powerful priests who were also the kings of the city-states |
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| collection of kingdoms under the power of one powerful ruler |
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| "the land between the rivers"; the site of the world's first civilization |
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| phrase that refers to the site of the world's first civilization in Mesopotamia |
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| the world's first civilization located in the southern area of Mesopotamia where the twin rivers converged |
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| Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
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| twin rivers that converge in southeast Iraq and empty into the Persian Gulf |
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| raised areas of earth constructed to hold back the floodwaters |
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| Sumerian school where young boys learned reading, writing, and arithmetic |
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| one of ancient Mesopotamia's most legendary priest-kings from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk |
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| around 2300 B.C. he created the world's first empire known as Akkadian |
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| king of Babylon who was best known for his reform of law |
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| tool used to tell directions for north, south, east, and west |
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