Mesopotamia

A forced payment from conquered people

• tribute

• tax

• fee

• installment

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians

• script

• font

• Sanskrit

• Cuneiform

The last great Assyrian king who collected a library of clay tablets

• Hammurabi

• Henry VIII

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ashurbanipal

A group of traders traveling together

• clan

• caravan

• troupe

• excursion

A mixture of fertile soil and tiny rocks that can make land ideal for farming

• fertilizer

• silt

• clay

• mud

Members of the Sumerian upper class

• artisans, farmers, merchants & fishers

• rulers, nobles, priests & high ranking warriors

• peasants, slaves & prisoners of war

Known for a large cruel army and the use of iron weapons

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Chaldeans

• Assyrians

Members of the Sumerians lower class

• peasants, slaves & prisoners of war

• rulers, nobles, priests, & high ranking warriors

• artisans, farmers, merchants & fishes

The process of redirecting water to crops through channels and ditches

• irrigation

• caravan

• plumbing

• tribute

Built for Nebuchadnezzar's favorite wife

• Pyramids at Giza

• Colossus of Rhodes

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Taj Mahal