Chapter 3 Vocabulary

3. / long poems that tell the stories of heroes
6. of labor / an arrangement in each worker specializes in a particular task or job
8. crescent / an area of rich farmland in southwest Asia where the first civilizations began
9. / a country side area
13. code / the code set down rules for both criminal and civil law
14. / picture symbols; usually represents an object, like a tree or animal
16. / a city area
18. / the worlds first system of writing; ancient writing impressed in clay tablets
19. / sought to expand Akkadian territory

1. / land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
2. / built a strong kingdom in Asia Minor, which is present day Turkey
4. / In 1200s BC, the Assyrians from northern Mesopotamia briefly gained control over Babylon. Their army was well organized.
5. / a ruler of a kingdom or empire
7. / a pyramid shaped temple in sumer
10. / the most famous chaldean king; rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city.
11. / a handmade waterway
12. / a way of supplying water to an area of land
15. / a group from the Syrian Desert, led other peoples in an attack on the Assyrians. In 612 BC they took over the Assyrians Empire
17. / the worlds oldest epic; a legendary king who became a huge part in Sumerian literature