Vocab I
This is a collection of many peoples and lands under the control of one ruler.
an empire?
This is the land within modern-day Turkey.
Anatolia
This term means the acceptance of habits, beliefs, and practices of others.
toleration
This is the term for a person who moves form place to place.
a nomad
This man set up a law code based on Hammurabi's model.
Darius
This is the ruler of an empire.
an emperor
This was a magnificent structure of grades built in Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar.
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
This is a political division of a country.
province
This is the act of moving from one place to settle in another.
migration?
Nebuchadnezzar was the leader of this people.
the Chaldeans
This is a region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Fertile Crescent
This is money paid to a conquering ruler for protection.
tribute
This is the name for a Persian governor.
a satrap
This is the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Mesopotamia
This people were so powerful that the Medes and Chaldeans had to join forces to defeat them.
the Assyrians
This was the ruler of the Babylonian Empire from 1792 to 1750 BC.
Hammurabi
This term means the forced removal from one's homeland.
exile
This was a road in Persia used for government purposes.
Royal Road
This is the fine soil deposited by flood waters.
silt
This man built the Akkadian empire.
Sargon
This is a set of written rules.
a code of law
This term means the fair treatment of people.
justice
This man was tolerant of the Hebrews and allowed them to rebuild their temple.
Cyrus the Great
This the term for a period of little rainfall.
drought
This is sometimes called the "eye for an eye" code.
Code of Hammurabi