Vocab 1
Fine particles of fertile soil
Silt
a belief in more than one god
Polytheism
Complex societies that have organized governments, social classes, technology, and specialized jobs.
Civilizations
Who wrote the first legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
King Hammurabi
What is Greek for the "land between the rivers?"
Mesopotamia
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
Irrigation
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
City-state
The Assyrian Empire's capital city was
Nineveh
Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first...
Empire
What was one reason for the development of an early civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys?
Periodic flooding which left behind rich soil for farming
a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
Scribe
payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender; payment to a ruler as a sign of submission or for protection
Tribute
What is Neo-Babylon also known as?
The Chaldean Empire
Who was the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon?
King Nebuchadnezzar
Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
In river valleys
writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
Cuneiform
a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
Province
The Hittites were able to conquer Babylon because of what two things?
Iron weapons and chariots
Darius I used spies called the ____________________________to keep the satraps and military leaders under his control.
Eyes and Ears of the King
The Fertile Crescent is an area of land that includes parts of modern day...(six countries)
Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey
a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels; a group of traveling merchants and animals
Caravan
a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
Empire
"If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition, and does not so keep it, if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he is whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined." - Code of Hammurabi, #53
The code states that the punishment for allowing one's dam to flood everyone's fields is to
Pay a fine to replace ruined crops
Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon, Syria, Canaan, Lydia, and the Greek city-states in...
Asia Minor
How did humans in Mesopotamia adapt to their environment?
By building dams and irrigation canals