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SS Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |