City-States and Empires in History

Countryside areas

• Akkadians

• rural

• empire

• urban

Consisted of a city as the political center and

the surrounding countryside

• Tigris

• religion

• polytheism

• city-state

City areas

• urban

• city-state

• Sargon

• Gilgamesh

A land with different territories and peoples

under a single rule

• Empire

• City State

• Rural

• urban

Created the world’s first advanced society

• Urban

• empire

• polytheism

• Sumerians

The worship of many gods

• Sumerians

• Urban

• polytheism

• social hierarchy

The division of society by rank or class

• social hierarchy

• Gilgamesh

• Urban

• City State

The foundation of Sumerian society

• North Bergen

• City State

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

The first ruler to have a permanent army

• Sargon

• Mr. A

• Mr. Tullo

• City State

People who performed religious ceremonies

• Urban

• Priest

• Gilgamesh

• Sargon