Sargon - created the world’s first empire, Hammurabi - ruled from 1792-1750 BCE; wrote the first set of laws, tribute - forced payment as a sign of surrender, Chaldeans - Last Mesopotamian empire to control the area of Mesopotamia, Nebuchadnezzar - king of Babylon in 605 BCE; built the hanging gardens of Babylon for his homesick wife, fertile crescent - Known as the "Cradle of Civilization," it was the birthplace of agriculture, writing, the wheel, and complex societies, made possible by the fertile soil and fresh water from rivers like the Tigris and Euphrates, theocracy - a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god., Code of Hammurabi - an ancient Babylonian legal code created by King Hammurabi in the 18th century BCE, consisting of 282 laws inscribed on a stone stele (monument) that covered various aspects, patriarchal - society controlled by men or a society that favors men. Women get very little say, metallurgy - the branch of science and technology concerned with the properties of metals and their production and purification., irrigation - man-made system for moving water from its source to where it can be used to grow crops, silt - fine sand or soil carried by running water and deposited on land, city-state - a self governing region, consisting of a city and its surrounding territory, ziggurat - a pyramid temple built in ancient Mesopotamia, cuneiform - a system of writing developed in Mesopotamia using wedge-shaped characters, polytheism - a belief or worship of more than one god, Sumer - region of Mesopotamia where the world's first cities developed, epic - long story that follows the journey of a hero, Epic of Gilgamesh - oldest story in the world; follows the journey of Gilgamesh and his friend Endiku, empire - a lot of land under the control of one leader or ruler,

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