Topic 2 Lesson 2 Vocabulary

A state containing several countries or territories

• Rule of law

• Abundant

• Empire

• Ally

An idea or a way of doing things that is common to a certain culture

• Abundant

• Cultural Trait

• Govern

• Hammurabi's Code

An independent state that works with other states to achieve shared military or political goals

• Ally

• Currency

• Tribute

• Rule of Law

A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire

• Calvary

• Rule of Law

• Hammurabi's Code

• Governed

To control or strongly influence

• Governed

• Rule of Law

• Hammurabi's Code

• Empire

The idea that all members of society must obey the law

• Cultural Trait

• Abundant

• Rule of Law

• Hammurabi's Code

Cultural Traits Akkadians and Sumerians shared were:

• Religious Practices and Cuneiform
• Fighting Styles

• Copper and Silver

• Same Holidays

City-State

• A system in which people exchange goods without using money

• An independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory

• A supply of water to crops

• A writing system

Cuneiform

• A city state

• A writing system that uses triangular symbols to stand for words, ideas and sounds

• The belief in more than one God

• A new mathematics system

Polytheism

• A distinct role in the community

• A new type of food

• The belief in more than one God

• The ability to prosper