vocabulary
vocabulary
The Empires
Rulers and peoples
Falling Empires
100
a new way of doing things
What is innovation
100
the amount of product left over after needs are met
What is surplus
100
Plows, dams, wheeled carts, sailboats, bronze tools, specialized jobs
What is Sumer or Sumerians
100
He built the world's first empire, the empire lasted more than 200 years.
What is Sargon
100
Sumerian city-states lost their independence because
What is Sargon conquered Sumer
200
wedge-shaped writing in which symbols could be combined to make words and sounds
What is cuneiform
200
a city and its surrounding farmlands, with its own government and leaders
What is city-state
200
Developed the first paved roads, plumbing system, locks, and postal system.
What is Assyrians
200
A group of people of the same importance level in society. The highest, or ruling, class was made up of the king, important government officials, priests and warriors. The middle class was made up of government officials, craft workers, farming supervisors and merchants. The lowest level was slaves and farm workers.
What is social classes
200
Rulers of this empire found it difficult to keep control, leaders rebelled and brought it to an end.
What is Akkadian Empire
300
a person who buys and sells or trades goods
What is merchant
300
Sargon maintained his rule by using this type or army to maintain organization of his government.
What is standing army
300
System of taxation, Hammurabi, centralized government, lasted about 300 years.
What is Babylonian Empire
300
The strong shall not oppress the weak, and an eye for an eye are principle's of this code.
What is Hammurabi
300
The code of Hammurabi came with the rise of this empire.
What is Babylonian
400
a governing system ruled by a king or a queen
What is monarchy
400
a governing group made up of non-elected officials (priests, religious leaders)
What is bureaucracy
400
Sargon the Great, standing army, first empire.
What is Akkadian
400
The New Babylonian Empire's ruler who built a major palace, several temples, and a ziggurat monument. Also, he built a terrace garden called the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
What is King Nebuchadnezzar
400
This group attacked Babylon with chariots and easily defeated the Babyonian Empire.
What is Hitties
500
people are made to pay for the running of their government
What is taxation
500
A person who writes things for others.
What is scribe
500
King Nebuchadnezzar, Hanging Gardens, temples, palaces
What is New Babylonian Empire
500
The Assyrians learned how to make and use chariots from these people.
What is Hitties
500
King Sennacherib attacked more than 40 cities within this empire destroying it.
What is Babylon
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