Vocabulary
Something that gets in the way.
What is an obstacle
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper.
What is a scribe.
A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
What is a tribute.
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
What is a caravan?
This allowed the Assyrian army to be successful.
What are iron weapons.
The fine particles of fertile soil.
What is silt.
The top groups in Sumerian society.
Kings, noblemen, and priests.
Babylon is known for this.
What are hanging gardens.
Camels can drink up to _________ gallons of water at a time.
What is 40.
A government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent.
What is a monarchy
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
What is irrigation.
A person who studies stars and planets.
What is an astronomer.
The biggest buildings in city-states were called this.
What are ziggurats.
Camels store this in their humps.
What is fat.
Moving or lying in the same direction and the same distance apart.
What is parallel.
A set of official laws.
What is a code.
A set of official laws.
What is a code.
Hammurabi's Code brought forth the idea of this.
Camels can carry up to ____________ pounds.
What is 1,000.
An amount that is left over after a need is met.
What is surplus.
Having many parts, details, or ideas.
What is complex.
Sumerians invented the first written language called this.
What is cuneiform.
A geographical area is called this.
What is a region.
Camels have _________ fun that reflects the sun.
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state.