Vocab
To change and improve
Reform
Region in the Middle East stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediteranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
Home of the first civilization
Sumer
Plain where the Fertile Crescent lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mesopotamia
Belief in more than one God
Polytheism
Different
Distinct
Became king of Babylon and implemented a code
Hammurabi
The first empire
Akkadian
Destroyed the Jewish temple
Nebuchadnezzar
Temples
Ziggurats
State containing several states and countries
Empire
Created the world's first empire
Sargon
United the region after Hammurabi's death
Assyrians
Led his people through the desert without supplies
Cambyses II
Writing system
Cuneiform
Slabs
Steles
Ruled the Persian army thanks to his permanent army
Cyrus the Great
Where Hammurabi reigned as king (place)
Babylon/Babylonia
Lost the Battle of Marathon
Darius the Great
Code that governed Babylonia
Hammurabi Code
Teaching that there was only one supreme God
Zoroastrinism
Considered the last great Assyrian king
Ashurbanipal
Took over several Sumerian cities after the destruction of Ur
Amorites
Lead character in the story of this chapter that was written on cuneiform
Gilgamesh
Laws about slavery, marriage, and causing harm to people
Ur-Nammu Law Code