Ancient Mesopotamia

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  1. 3. used by empire builders to consolidate their territory and power
  2. 4. a system of writing developed by the Sumerians using a reed stylus to create wedge-shaped impressions on a clay tablet
  3. 6. a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories
  4. 7. a massive stepped tower on which was built a temple dedicated to the chief god or goddess of a Sumerian city
  5. 11. made by mixing heated copper and tin
  6. 13. believing in many gods
  7. 14. Epic of ____: Sumerian epic poem about a legendary king
  8. 15. Akkadian ruler
  9. 16. the western river that makes up Mesopotamia
  10. 17. a state with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
  11. 19. ____ of Hammurabi: codified law that covered nearly every aspect of Babylonian life
  12. 20. Babylonian ruler
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  1. 1. earliest Mesopotamian civilization
  2. 2. ____ and conquer; Hammurabi's chief military tactic
  3. 5. ____ Crescent: the region where the first settled agricultural communities of the Middle East and Mediterranean basin are thought to have emerged
  4. 8. the eastern river that makes up Mesopotamia
  5. 9. Sumerian invention
  6. 10. Empire that followed the Akkadians
  7. 12. government by divine authority
  8. 13. a society dominated by men
  9. 18. First empire in world history