Harcourt Social Studies World History Chapter 3

governing system ruled by king or queen

belief in many gods

new ways of doing things

largest and tallest building in every city-state

writing system using wedge-shaped symbols

Deities

people who recorded things for others

permanent army of paid soldiers; kept by Sargon

New Babylonian empire rulers; built terraced garden known as the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

ruled the largest empire in the world, controlling Mesopotamia, Turkey, Egypt and the Persian gulf; built paved roads, developed postal system and locks, invented magnifying glass