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SS Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Famine | Starved |
Drought | A long period of no food |
City State | a state consisting of a sovereign city |
Zigguratt | A large structure with ramps and stairs |
Cunieform | A ancient alphabet |
Scribes | Wrote ancient history |
Empire | A town or state run by a specific lawmaker |
Marduk | The king of Summer |
Caravan | A group of traders |
Baazar | A market |
Babylon | One of the first empires |
Nineveh | Consists of the Great Library of Nineveh |
The great Library of Nineveh | The largest collection of books ever found |
King Nebuchadnezzar II | King of The New Babylonian Empire |
Hanging Gardens of Babylon | One of the ancient wonders of the world |
Zoroastrianism | The popular Persian religion |
Cyrus the great | The King of Persia |
Tyre | A important town in the New Babylonian empire |
Alphabet | A form of writing |
Colony | A small powerful empire |
Code | A system of words |
King Hammurabi | Started the Hammurabi code |