Module 3 Vocab

3. The worship of many gods
5. Referring to a city area
7. Hierarchy: The division of a society by rank or class
8. A set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws
10. More of something than is needed
12. A pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
19. A way of supplying water to an area of land
20. A politically unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside

1. The world’s first system of writing; developed in Sumer
2. A ruler of a kingdom or empire
4. Land with different territories and people under a single rule
6. A human-made waterway
9. An organized society that functions within established geographic boundaries
11. Referring to a countryside area
13. Crescent An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations
14. A unit of soldiers who ride horses
15. A writer
16. A picture symbol
17. A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
18. A long poem that tells the story of a hero