A high, flat land form.

A plain formed from fine soil left behind by streams or rivers.

A layer of soil and tiny rocks that is fertile.

A walled city that had its own government and the farmland around it.

The first governing system in which a king or queen ruled.

The power of the economy, religion, and everyday life.

This means the belief in many gods.

These carried trade goods by donkeys throughout the Fertile Crescent and beyond.

This was the largest and tallest building in every city-state.

This writing system was based on wedge-shaped symbols.

These were the only people who could write.

Sumerians worshiped gods, or _________ that they believed could control nature.

Vast lands and varied people under the control of a single government.

The collection of laws that an emperor organized for the people of Babylon to follow. These are known as the first set of written laws in history.