Vocabulary

5. a temple of the ancient Sumerians and Babylonians, made of terraces connected by ramps and stairs, roughly in the shape of a pyramid
6. something built to prevent the overflow of a river
7. a city with its own traditions and its own government and laws; both a city and a separate independent state
8. an area of many territories and people that are controlled by one government
12. a market selling different kinds of goods
14. belief in one god
15. a set of symbols representing the sounds of language

1. a professional writer
2. to believe in many Gods
3. a form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines; used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
4. a time when there is so little food that people starve
9. a traditional story; in some cultures, a legend that explains people’s beliefs
10. a group of traders traveling together
11. to force people to leave and live in another country
13. an organized list of laws or rules