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