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Chapter 2 Section 2
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6th Grade
10/23/2013

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Term
empire
Definition
When many territories and people are controlled by one government, that government is called an ___________.
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caravan
Definition
In order to trade goods, a ______ travels between cities.
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bazaar
Definition
Cotton cloth and spices were sold in the _________.
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Nebuchadnezzar II
Definition
The greatest king of the Chaldeans was ____________________________.
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Babylon
Definition
________________was the capital of an empire that stretched from present day Turkey to the Persian Gulf.
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battering ram
Definition
The ______________ was a military innovation of the Assyrians.
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natural crossroads
Definition
Babylon was a ________________ ____________of trade because it was located between Akkad and the cities of Sumer.
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Hammurabi
Definition
united Sumer’s city-states into one large empire.
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Nineveh
Definition
_________________ was famous for its library that had thousands of clay tablets.
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Chaldeans
Definition
The made important contributions to astronomy.
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