The worship of many Gods
Polytheism
A division of society by rank or class
Social Hierarchy
A wheeled, horse - drawn battle cart
Chariot
A set of letters that can be combined to form words
Alphabet
Fertile soil
Silt
A land with different territories and people under a single rule
Empire
The world's first system of writing developed by the Sumerians
Cuneiform
This is why writing was developed
To keep records
Long poems telling the story of a hero
Epic
Who is famous for a written code of 282 laws?
Hammurabi
Name two rivers that are on either side of Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
