2. a long narrative poem telling of the deeds of a
legendary hero

3. Used in Mesopotamia, it was one of the earliest writing systems in
the world. It used about 500 symbols and was a series of wedges
and lines written on clay tablets with a reed.

4. An official writer

5. A self-governing city that also governs the surrounding
country-side and nearby villages

6. A f lattened pyramid made of mud-brick and had a temple on
the top. Believed to be the center of Sumerian religious life

7. Belief in many gods and goddesses

8. A group of lands and people ruled by one government

9. A written collection of laws that apply to the people ruled by
one government

10. A dividing of the population into groups with different levels
of importance (e.g.: king, merchants, servants, slaves)

11. A special agreement or promise

12. A person who speaks for God

13. The first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible. They were given to
Moses.

14. The belief in 1 God

15. The scattering of the Jews from their homeland

16. The exchange of one good or service for another