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- 3. A collection of nations or people ruled by one person or government.
- 5. The first people to settle the land known as Sumer.
- 7. This ruler of Akkad took control of the region in about 2340 B.C.E.
- 10. Moving from place to place without a permanent home.
- 12. Symbols or pictures that represent words or ideas.
- 14. A large, upright slab or column of rock, usually inscribed with designs or words that commemorate something or someone.
- 15. Where Mesopotamian pictographs first appeared.
- 16. Cities or urban areas that act as independent countries.
- 17. The earliest poet in the history of the world.
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- 1. A rectangular structure in ancient Mesopotamia with steps up the sides and a temple at the top.
- 2. One of the most famous rulers from Ancient Mesopotamia.
- 4. Of or relating to the study of speech sounds within or among languages.
- 6. Sudden invasions or surprise attacks.
- 8. A system of writing made up of wedge-shaped characters, used in parts of the ancient Middle East.
- 9. A being from mythology who is part human and part god.
- 11. Organized societies that have a stable food supply, government, social structure, culture, written language, and religion.
- 13. Existing as or relating to an idea rather than a physical thing; not concrete.