Mesopotamian Empires

3. Babylonian king who conquered cities to the north and the south and created the Babylonian Empire. He is best known for his law code (collection of laws).
6. System of principles or rules
10. ambitious leader who ruled the people of Akkad.
11. Groups of traveling merchants and animals.

1. Payment made by one group or nation to another to show obedience or to obtain peace or protection.
2. A group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government.
4. People who study stars, planets, and other heavenly bodies.
5. Broad geographical area
7. Political districts
8. the world’s largest and richest cities, on the banks of the Euphrates River
9. An army