Rise of Empires
What were the independent cities of ancient Sumer called?
City-States
Who was the first great ruler of the Akkadian Empire?
King Sargon
What city was the center of Hammurabi's empire?
Babylon
What was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
Nineveh
Who was the famous king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
Nebuchadnezzar II
What things did Sumerian city-states often fight over?
water, land, or other resources
What city did Sargon make the capital of his empire?
Agade
What famous collection of laws did Hammurabi create?
Code of Hammurabi
What new military teciniques did the Assyrians use to destroy cities?
Siege techniques, battering rams, or movable walls
What device did the Neo-Babylonians invent to help tell the time?
Sundial
What is a group of territories ruled by one government called?
An empire
How did the Akkadians conquer Sumer?
Military force
Which Babylonian god did Hammurabi name supreme over other gods?
What did Assyrians use to decorate thrones, beds, and chairs?
Ivory
What structure did Nebuchadnezzar II rebuild in Babylon?
Ziggurat
What made Sumerian city-states easier for outsiders to conquer?
They were divided and weakened.
What did Sargon do to make the Akkadian Empire stronger?
Knocked down city-state walls or demanded loyalty
Which system helped Babylonian trade and communication grow?
Roads or postal service
What structure carried water to Nineveh from far away?
aqueducts or canals
What Persian ruler conquered Babylon in 539 BCE?
Cyrus
Which empire conquered Sumer around 2300 BCE and created the first Mesopotamian empire?
Akkadian
What was one major reason the Akkadian Empire eventually collapsed?
Too larger and weak to control or invaders took over
Which two groups did the Babylonian legal system give more rights to? (Need both!)
Women and enslaved people
What three groups combined to break apart the Assyrian empire? (Need all three!)
Babylonians, Scythians, and Medes
What difficulty did all four empires have when trying to stay in power that eventually led to the fall of the empires?
Ruling over such a large area/territory