Key Terms
many territories and people are controlled by one government, that government is called.
empire
In 1787 B.C. this king created the Babylonian empire
Hammurabi
The capital city of Assyria was
Nineveh
This type 282 laws were used to govern the land
Hammurabi's Code
a powerful weapon mounted on wheels was a
battering ram
This empire was located in the ______ region
Mesopotamia
Assyrians were known fighters. They were known as
warriors
Under the Hammurabi's Code, the code had laws for
adopting children, trade, labor, property, and family
order to trade goods a route of camels were used to travel between cities
caravan
Nebuchadnezzar's
This weapon was used to overtake cities and territories in war
battering ram
What type of material did they use to record information
clay
an open market that sold cotton, cloth, and spices
bazaar
The Babylonian empire fell to this empire in 539 B.C.
Persia
These two groups are people overthrew the Assyrians
Medes and Chaldeans
True or False, the code was written for everyone to understand
True
The capital of an empire that stretched from present day Turkey to the Persian Gulf was
Babylon
Babylon were known study stars in the sky. They were known as
astronomers
The oldest form of writing was in
cuneiform