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