2.3 Flashcards

1
Q

a city-state in Mesopotamia

A

Babylon

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2
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an empire that included all of Mesopotamia as well as some neighboring city-states

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Babylonian

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3
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region at the foot of the Zagros Mountains in the Upper Tigris River Valley

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Assyria

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4
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the capital of the Assyria Empire and the site of a great library under King Ashurbanipal

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Nineveh

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5
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King of Babylon who came to rule all of Mesopotamia and establish a written code of laws known as the Code of Hammurabi

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Hammurabi

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6
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King of Assyria from 668 b.c. to 627 b.c. when it was at its largest and most powerful

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Ashurbanipal

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7
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Chaldean dynasty king of Babylon who took over much of the former Assyria Empire and ordered massive building projects

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Nebuchadnezzar II

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8
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the defeat of another group

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Conquest

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9
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a set of laws established by Hammurabi

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Code of Hammurabi

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