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What did the Babylonian, Chaldean, and Assyrian Empires have in common?
They ruled in the area called Mesopotamia.
What is a group of many different lands under one ruler?
Empire
Hammurabi's Code demanded what became known as "an eye for an eye." What does this mean?
The punishment should match the crime.
Babylon's Hanging Gardens
What is a caravan?
Merchants traveling in groups to trade.
What is another name for a political district?
province
Who took advantage of the weakened Chaldean Empire by capturing Babylon?
Persians
What kind of ruler was Hammurabi?
just (fair)
What Babylonian King began conquering cities controlled by Amorites and created the Babylonian Empire?
Hammurabi
King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt what city and made it the largest and richest in the world?
Babylon
What empire arose 1,000 years after the empire of Hammurabi?
The Assyrian Empire
The Babylonian King Hammurabi had a code that did what?
Listed a punishment for each crime.
Who formed the world's first empire?
The New Babylonian Empire built canals to water their gardens and make the land even more fertile. What is this called?
Irrigation
Who hated the Assyrians as rulers and end up defeating the Assyrians?
the Chaldeans
What did the Assyrian Kings divide their empire into since it was so large?
provinces
What did the Babylonian, Assyrian, and Chaldean Empires have in common?
They ruled in the area called Mesopotamia.
When Sargon conquered the remaining Sumerian city-states he became known as King of what?
King of Sumer and Akkad
What was the start of the Chaldean Empire (New Babylonian) becoming weak?
King Nebuchadnezzar died
Since the Chaldean were descendants of the Babylonians the Chaldean Empire was sometimes called the what?
New Babylonian Empire