2-2 Mesopotamia
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a powerful city-state in southern Mesopotamia
Sumer
a city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all of the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the world’s first empire
Akkad
a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia
Uruk
2700 b.c Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
2400 b.c - 2300 b.c Akkadian king who united all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the world’s first empire
Sargon
2330 b.c daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess of Ur
Enheduanna
2200 b.c - 2100 b.c Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur
Ur-Nammu
2100 b.c king of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu
Shulgi
a huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms
ziggurat
an organized community with established rules and traditions
society
the worship of many gods
polytheism
a professional writer
scribe
a form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times
cuneiform
to defeat
conquer
a large territory consisting of many different paces under the control of a single ruler
empire
a ruling family
dynasty