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| a sovereign state consisting of an autonomous city with its dependencies |
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| a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing, examples having been discovered in Egypt and Mesopotamia from before 3000 BC. |
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| a symbol representing a vocal sound. |
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| is one of the earliest known systems of writing, distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus |
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| a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it |
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| in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel |
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| showing the hierarchy of society |
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| influenced by later myths , a class or category of story with a universal theme |
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| raise image out of the painting |
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| decline image in the painting |
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| a person who was the government leader that spoke to god. |
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| a narrative poem about an important person adventure usually visiting the under world |
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| something that can not be proven |
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| female demons that snatched babies |
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