Vocabulary 1.
a writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay
What is cuneiform?
an amount that is left over after a need has been met
What is surplus?
political district of a country or empire
What is province?
This is how the Assyrians became skilled warriors
What is because they were constantly defending themselves?
a set of 282 laws that were inscribed on a statue and posted for all to see
What is a stela?
a belief in more than one God
What is polytheism?
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
What is irrigation?
forced payments from a conquered people; payment to a ruler for protection or as a sign of submission
what is tribute?
to attack before they were attacked
What is the Assyrians best defense?
a punishment that matched the crime (an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth)
What are the laws in Hammurabi's Code?
The spreading of new ideas to other places
What is cultural diffusion?
a city that governs itself and its surroundings
What is a city-state
a large territory or group of territories governed by one ruler
What is an empire?
slingshots, bows and arrows, swords, and spears
What is what Assyrians fought with?
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper
What is a scribe?
a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
what is a ziggurat?
a person who studies planets and stars
What is an astronomer?
robbed people, set crops on fire, destroyed towns and damns, took forced payments
What is what the Assyrians did to people?
created the first Babylonian Empire
Who is King Hammurabi?
a centralized society with developed forms of religion, governing, and learning
What is civilization?
a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels
What is a caravan?
This group of people believed that the gods controlled harvests and floods
What are Early Mesopotamians?
used iron weapons
What is how the Assyrians became successful fighters?
was the first to create Babylon, which was later rebuilt by King Nebuchadnezzar
Who is Hammurabi?