city-state
diety
empire
ziggurat
plateau
tributary
tribute
Code of Hammurabi
architecture
conquer
polytheism
caravan
standing army
emperor
alluvial plain
authority
innovation
silt
almanac
scribe
cuneiform
The ruler of an empire.
A high, flat area of land.
A low, flat land formed from fine soil left behind by streams.
The right to rule.
A group of traders traveling together on a long journey.
The collection of laws that Hammurabi organized for the people of Babylon to follow.
One exalted or revered as supremely good or powerful, such as a god.
A style of building.
A writing system based on wedge-shaped symbols.
The governing system in which a king or a queen rules.
A new way of doing things.
Writings that include information that describes the best way to plant, irrigate land, and care for crops.
To take over.
A permanent army.
Soil and tiny rocks carried or deposited on the land by floodwaters.
A belief in many gods.
A required payment from one ruler to a more powerful ruler.
The largest and tallest temple in every Sumerian city-state.
A person who records things for others.
Vast lands and varied people under the control of a single government.
A river that flows into a larger river.
