A | B |
PLATEAU | A FLAT ELEVATED AREA OF LAND |
PLAIN | AN AREA OF FLAT, OPEN LAND |
CITY-STATE | A SELF-GOVERNING UNIT MADE UP OF A CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND FARMLAND |
ADMINISTRATOR | A PERSON WHO MANAGES OR DIRECTS A GOVERNMENT OR ORGANIZATION |
ARTISAN | A WORKER WHO IS SKILLED AT MAKING A PARTICULAR PRODUCT BY HAND |
EPIC | A LONG POEM ABOUT A HERO |
NOMAD | ONE OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MIGRATE WITH THEIR FLOCKS AND HERDS, MOVING WITH THE SEASONS TO FIND PASTURE AND WATER |
POLYTHEISM | BELIEF IN MORE THAN ONE GOD |
PICTOGRAPH | PICTURE-WRITING; A PICTURE THAT STANDS FOR A WORD OR IDEA |
CUNEIFORM | WEDGE-SHAPED CHARACTERS MADE WITH A REED STYLUS AND USED IN WRITING SEVERAL ANCIENT LANGUAGES |
SCRIBE | A PROFESSIONAL WRITER OR RECORD KEEPER |
EMPIRE | A NATION AND THE OTHER NATIONS IT HAS CONQUERED; A POLITICAL UNIT OFTEN MADE UP OF SEVERAL NATIONS UNDER ONE AUTHORITY |
CODE | ANY ORGANIZED SET OF LAWS OR RULES |
EXILE | ENFORCED ABSENCE FROM ONE'S COUNTRY |
ASTRONOMER | A SCIENTIST WHO OBSERVES AND STUDIES CELESTIAL BODIES SUCH AS STARS AND THE PLANETS |
IRRIGATION | THE ACT OF SUPPLYING DRY LANDS WITH WATER BY MEANS OF CANALS, DITCHES, PIPES, AND STREAMS |
FERTILE CRESENT | THE LAND MADE FERTILE BECAUSE ANCIENT FARMERS USED WATER FROM THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS TO IRRIGATE CROPS |
SARGON | FIRST EMPIRE |
SHAMSHI-ADAD | RULED WITH FORCE AND TRADE |
HAMMURABI | CREATED THE LAW CODE |
GOVERNMENT OF CITY-STATES | KINGS AND PRIESTS |
FROMS OF WRITNG | PICTOGRAPHS AND CUNEIFROMS |
ADAD-NIRARI | ARMIES LOOTED AND PLUNDERED, GATHERING GOLD, SILVER, JEWELS, AND OTHER WEALTH |
NEBUCHADNEZZAR | REBUILT THE ZIGGURAT AND NAMED THE HANGING GARDENS AS ON OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD |
NABONIDUS | THE FALL OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE OCCURED UNDER THIS RULER |