A self-governing state consisting of an independent city and its surrounding territory 

A well-organized society with writing, art, science, and political and religious systems

Collection of laws developed by Hammurabi, king of Babylon

A Sumerian system of writing

A government ruled or headed by a king or queen

A society in which men dominate and govern

The worship of or belief in more than one god

A temple tower having the form of a step pyramid

A stream that flows into a larger stream or into a body of water

The sand, soil, and mud carried by rivers

A person whose job is to copy documents and important texts and to write down laws

A large flat area of high land

A large territory or group of nations with one ruler

God or goddess