Unit 2: Enheduana/Sargon's empire and Hammurabi

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