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A: Assyria
Mesopotamia and Assyria were given back to the Parthians, and the Armenians were allowed a king of their own.
B:Babylon
Many of the villages of Mesopotamia are built of second-hand bricks of a very good quality, obtained from the ruins of Babylon, and the cement on them is older and probably harder still.
city-state
Uruk is a city state that has laws of their own.
Dikes
Dikes hold flood water when floods occur.
E: Euphrates River
The Euphrates River helped people farm by watering their crops.
Photo by Senol Demir
F: Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia used the Fertile Crescent to farm and settle communities that extended around the rivers.
G:Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh, recalling to the goddess the sad fate of those who fall a victim to her charms, rejects the offer.
H:Hammurabi
In Mesopotamia Hammurabi was once an Amorite king of Babylon.
J:Judah
The Land of Israel was parted into two; one called the kingdom of Israel and the other called Judah.
Photo by A.Davey
K:King
Hammurabi was once a king in Babylon.
Photo by AvidlyAbide
L:Lyre
He strikes but one chord at a time on his lyre, but he leaves you thrilled.
Photo by diffendale
M:Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia was a popular place.
N:Nippur
Nippur was among the most ancient of Sumerian cities.
O:Oud
Back in Mesopotamia they used and Oud
P:Polytheism
Most ancient Mesopotamians ate polytheistic
Photo by profzucker
Q:Queen
There were many queens back then
Photo by Valentina_A
R:Royal Road
The highway of Royal Road still exists but it is not much used.
T:Tigris River
The Tigris River was in the Fertile River but more to the north.
U:Uruk
Uruk was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia,
V:Votive statues
Votive statues were small devotional statues that Sumerians left in the ziggurat to appease their gods
W:Wheel
Sumerian invented the wheel.
X: X-treme ancient art
Many people did X-treme art.
Photo by stavros.girgenis
Y: Yummy crops
They made yummy crops to eat.
Photo by Alex E. Proimos
