A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making thing by hand.

A person who copies documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.

Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

(In ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. They were first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

(In ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. They were first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).

A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

The belief in or worship of more than one god.

Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

The belief in or worship of more than one god

The belief in or worship of more than one god.

A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.

Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented

A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

(In ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. They were first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

The first code of laws.

Conquering the Akkadians.

Making Mesopotamia thrive under his rule.

They were the only ones who could write.

Only the king's daughters and sons could learn to write.

Scribes were smarter than everyone else.

They were usually rulers at one point.