Urbanization - the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas (cities)
Polytheistic - Belief in more than one God
Cuneiform - Earliest form of Sumerian writing
Dumuzi - the Mesopotamian god of life and death
Ziggurat - ancient stepped temples in Sumer
Artificial Mounds - raised hills formed by piling up dirt; used for building on to prevent from flooding
Supplant - to take the place of ; supersede
Millennium - a time period of 1000 years
Extinct - to die out and/or no longer be used or needed
Irrigation - the artificial supply of water to soil to assist in growing crops
Polytheistic - Belief in more than one God
Cuneiform - Earliest form of Sumerian writing
Dumuzi - the Mesopotamian god of life and death
Ziggurat - ancient stepped temples in Sumer
Artificial Mounds - raised hills formed by piling up dirt; used for building on to prevent from flooding
Supplant - to take the place of ; supersede
Millennium - a time period of 1000 years
Extinct - to die out and/or no longer be used or needed
Irrigation - the artificial supply of water to soil to assist in growing crops