2.3 Flashcards
a city-state in Mesopotamia
Babylon
an empire that included all of Mesopotamia as well as some neighboring city-states
Babylonian
region at the foot of the Zagros Mountains in the Upper Tigris River Valley
Assyria
the capital of the Assyria Empire and the site of a great library under King Ashurbanipal
Nineveh
King of Babylon who came to rule all of Mesopotamia and establish a written code of laws known as the Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi
King of Assyria from 668 b.c. to 627 b.c. when it was at its largest and most powerful
Ashurbanipal
Chaldean dynasty king of Babylon who took over much of the former Assyria Empire and ordered massive building projects
Nebuchadnezzar II
the defeat of another group
Conquest
a set of laws established by Hammurabi
Code of Hammurabi