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DE 3.2 vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| civilization | A civilization is an advanced form of culture. |
| city-state | A city-state is an independent kingdom or state made up of a city and the surrounding lands it controls. |
| empire | an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority |
| culture | the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. |
| Ziggurats | a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. |
| cuneiform | ancient writing. |
| irrigation | supply water to to help growth. |
| code of laws | an organized written statement of the rules of a society or nation. |
| social pyramid | a way of illustrating the social organization of a particular society. |
| artisan | one that involves making things by hand. |
| merchant | a person or company involved in trade. |
| scribe | a person who copies out documents. |
| patriarchal | of, relating to, or characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men. |
| Sumer | an ancient region in southwestern Asia, in present-day Iraq. |
| akkadians | of or relating to Akkad in ancient Babylonia or its people or their language. |
| Sargon | the semilegendary founder of the ancient kingdom of Akkad. |
| Hammurabi | the sixth king of the first dynasty of Babylonia. |
| Babylon | an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the capital of Babylonia in the 2nd millennium bc. |
| Neo-Babylonian empire | it gained power for a brief period following the Assyrian Empire. |
| Nebuchadnezzar | king of Babylon 605–562 bc. |