MESSY POTATOES 1
MESSY POTATOES 2
GOAT
AKKADIAN EMPIRE
BONUS
100

Which rivers are located on both sides of Mesopotamia?

Tigris and Euphrates

100

What is Cuneiform

The first form of writing

100

What is Sargon's Nickname?

Sargon the Great

100

Who ruined Sargons Empire?

His sons

100

Who sent Sargon down the river?

His mother

200

Why was the soil so rich?

Annual Flooding

200

What was Uruks peak population?

50,000-80,000

200

What was Sargons First Job?

Cupbearer

200

What area of Mesopotamia was subdued first?

South

200

How long did Sargon rule for?

56 Years

300

Around when was Cuneiform Developed?

3000 BC

300

Who was Hammurabi speaking to at the top of his Code?

The God Shamash

300

How did Sargon fund his empire?



Taxation system?

300

What was the name of the formation that Sargon used that was later used by Alexander the Great

Phalanx formation

300

Ur Zababa was the ruler of which independent city state?

Kish

400

Which Mesopotamian city is often credited as the first city in history?

Uruk

400

The Epic of Gilgamesh was written when?

2700 BC

400

Who rescued Sargon from the Euphrates?

Ur-Zababas Gardner

400

How many Soldiers in Sargons empire?

5,400

400
What is south of Mesopotamia 

Persian Gulf

500

In what year was the Library of Ashurbanipal destroyed?

612 BCE

500

The Library of Ashurbanipal held around how many tablets?

30,000

500

What is destroyed on the Head of Sargon?


Nose, Beard, and Eye

500

Why was Lugalzagezi supposedly upset with Sargon?


He may have had an affair with Lugalzagei's wife

500

What was the name of the King that Sargon was meant to make Peace with?

Lugalzagezi