Vocabulary I
Ancient people who lived in the geographic region of Sumer
Sumerians
the use of tools and other inventions for practical purposes are call this
Technology
Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters
Cuneiform
The Assyrians were good at military blockades and attacking a city to force it to surrender, this is also known as
Siege
Babylonian King who used his laws to unify his empire and preserve order.
Hammurabi
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
Levee
The way a civilization is organized
Social structure
Symbols that stand for real objects, such as a snake or horse
Pictograph
Two dimensional sculptures in which the image projects out from a flat surface.
Bas-relief
Ruler of the world's first empire
Sargon
a means of supplying land with water
Irrigation system
A two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse
Chariot
People at higher levels of a social structure gave greater this
Status
These people were skilled in mathematics and astronomy
The Babylonians
Ruler of responsible for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Greek word meaning "land between two rivers"
Mesopotamia
an ancient temple tower found in Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
A Sumerian technological advancement which were inverted U or V shaped structures
Arch
These people conquered Sumerian lands in 2300 B.C.E and came from northern Mesopotamia
The Akkadian Empire
Fair society in which women had more rights, and slaves even had some rights
Babylonian
Cities that had their own ruler and farmland to provide food where called this
City-states
These people recorded laws
Scribes
Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior
Tribute
Warlike people who first used battering rams and moveable towers to attack cities
The Assyrian Empire
These make up the 7 characteristics of civilization
Writing, Technology, Arts, Social Structure, Government, Stable Food Supply, and Religion