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SS-Voc.A,B,P
Term | Definition |
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empire | a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom Ex. Assyria, Babylon, Persia, British, Roman, Greek, French, etc. |
cuneiform | the wedge shaped characters used by the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians to "write" on clay tablets. |
Mesopotamia | a region of SW Asia between the lower and middle reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: site of several ancient civilizations. |
Euphrates River | a river in SW Asia, flowing from Eastern Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris. |
siege engine | a device used to break down or through thick city walls during warfare. It was first used by the Assyrians. |
city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms a independent state. |
valley | a low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it |
Fertile Crescent | an area of fertile land in the Middle East, extending around the rivers Tigris and Euphrates in a semicircle from Israel to the Persian Gulf, where the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Phoenician, and Hebrew civilizations flourished |
Tigris | a river in SW Asia, flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq |
zodiac | the group of star constellations used by the Babylonians to create a calendar |
ziggurat | a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes with a temple on the top |
government | the form or system by which a state, community, etc., is ruled |