Module 3 Vocab

1. Crescent An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations
4. A ruler of a kingdom or empire
6. A politically unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
8. A pyramid-shaped temple in Sumer
9. Referring to a city area
14. An organized society that functions within established geographic boundaries
15. The world’s first system of writing; developed in Sumer
16. The worship of many gods
19. A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming
20. A unit of soldiers who ride horses

2. Land with different territories and people under a single rule
3. A set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws
5. A human-made waterway
7. A way of supplying water to an area of land
10. The division of a society by rank or class
11. A long poem that tells the story of a hero
12. More of something than is needed
13. A picture symbol
17. A writer
18. Referring to a countryside area