Vocab
A craftsperson
What is an Artisan
Sumerians created painting, architecture, and music as forms of expression.
What is art
These people fought the first war in recorded history
What is Sumer and Elam
This lasted for three centuries and controlled more lands
What is an Empire
The Babylonians built giant cities, carefully designed with massive buildings.
What is a metropolis
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans
What is Domesticate
Sumerians used this invention to complex irrigation systems
What is a stable food supply
Sumerians used this invention to use as a chariot in battles
What is a wagon
These people were the first to make weapons and body protection from iron
Who are Assyrians
Babylonians were the first to build something for protection from other states.
What are double and triple walls
A large area of land where multiple groups of people are ruled by the same laws and government
What is an Empire
Civilization has a complex organization, or social levels. People at higher levels have greater status than others.
What is a social structure
This is a common thing that city-states fought about
What are resorces
These people made it possible to form a giant empire
What are Assyrian kings
This is how Babylonia became very wealthy
What are conquering its neighbors
An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top
What is a Ziggurat
Sumerians developed cuneiform 3300 BCE. They kept records of the good people exchanged with one another.
What is written language
This is what happened when Mesopotaimian soilders became captured
What is become enslaved
This was one benefit of having an empire
What is a better trade
The first leader to write a code of laws for an empire
Who is King Hammurabi
A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender
What is a Siege
Sumerians believed their gods had a lot of power. They tried to please their gods by growing crops and settling disputes. They also constructed ziggurats.
What is a religious system
The sumerians had a lot of firsts and one of them used this invention for weapons in wars
What are battle wagons
People who are always ready to fight
What is an permanent army
This was when 60,000 people lived in Babylon
What is the Second Millennium BCE