Unit 2: Enheduana/Sargon's empire and Hammurabi
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Sargon
2340 B.C. leader of the Akkadians who overran the Sumerian city-state and set up the first empire
Akkad
The first empire created by Sargon.
Enheduana
a Sumerian priestess; first female poet
hymns
Poetic song lyrics written to honor God
Nanna
Sumerian moon god
Inana
Sumerian name for Ishtar
Lugal-Ane
overthrew Enheduanna
The Igigi
collective name for the great gods of heaven
pantheon
all the gods of a people or religion
Hammurabi
He designed a legal code in early Babylon that gave punishment based on crime and social status
Lords and vassals
Lords were people who owned land. Vassals were people who were given land
awilum
the highest social rank in Hammurabi's code; free people
mushkennum
middle class of Hammurabi's code
Wardum
the slave class in Hammurabi's code
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