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Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
100
What is the capital city of the Akkadians?
Akkad
100
What is the capital city of the Babylonians?
Babylon
100
What is the capital city of the Assyrians?
Nineveh
100
What is the capital city of the Chaldeans, and what are they also called?
New Babylon, Neo-Babylonians
100
What is the capital city of the Persians?
Persepolis
200
Who is the king of the Akkadians?
Sargon of Akkad
200
Who is the king of the Babylonians?
King Hammurabi
200
Who is the king of the Assyrians?
King Ashurbanipal
200
Who is the king of the Chaldeans?
King Nebuchadnezzar II
200
Who is the king of the Persians?
Cyrus the Great
300
What year did Sargon rule, and how long did his empire last?
2330 B.C., 200 years
300
What is the 'motto' of Ham's code of laws?
"Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe."
300
Name at least one invention by the Assyrians. (1 invention = 100 points)
Helmet Shield Breastplate Short Sword Catapult Battering Ram
300
When did the Chaldeans reign, and how long did they last?
612 B.C., 73 years
300
When did the Persians reign?
539 B.C.
400
The king of Akkad is the godfather of what?
Godfather of the first empire
400
What were the women able to do because of Hammurabi's Laws?
Keep their dowry, and divorce if abused.
400
Tell me how the Vicious Circle goes.
Want more land, fight, win, gain land, lose soldiers in battle, gain helots P.O.W., leave soldiers behind.
400
What is the gift the king gave to his wife when she got homesick?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world.
400
What is the name of the Persian Empire?
Achaemenid Empire
500
What is the thing that makes the king of Akkad stop going through land?
The Persian Gulf
500
What is the name of the god the Babylonians worshiped, and what is the temple they worshiped in called?
Anu, a ziggurat
500
Why were the women treated well by the Assyrians?
They wanted a Super Soldier Baby
500
What is the very important and special thing the Chaldeans created?
The first map of the stars
500
What is the name of the religion and god the Persians worshiped?
Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda