Mesopotamia Vocab

4. Long poems that tell stories of heroes.
5. hierarchy Rank order of individuals or groups with respect to a valued social system.
7. Sharp tools used to make wedge-shaped symbols on clay tablets.
12. Pyramid shaped temple in Sumer.
13. of Labor People specializing in a particular job.
14. crescent Forms a semicircle from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
16. Way to supply water to an area of land.
18. A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.

1. More of something than is needed.
2. Building devoted to the worship, or regarded as the dwelling place, of a god or gods or other objects of religious reverence.
3. Consists of a city and the countryside around it.
6. Man made waterway.
8. Writers hired to keep track of records.
9. World's first system of writing.
10. Using picture symbols to communicate with others.
11. Person who performs religious ceremonies.
15. Belief in many gods.
17. A direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services without using money in the transaction.