Vocab
Provinces
political districts
What did the Assyrians do to people?
They robbed people, set crops on fire, and destroy towns and dams.
Who were they conquered by?
The Assyrians
Who is Sargon?
Sargon was an ambitious leader who ruled Akkad/ Akkadians.
why did Hammurabi create a code of laws?
Because if there were no laws anyone could do anything and would not get in trouble for it.
caravans
Traveling merchants
What did the Assyrian army fight with?
Slingshots, bows and arrows, swords, and spears.
Because of the harsh rulers what did they do?
They rebelled
Where did Sargon lead his army?
South
What is the punishment for a person who strikes the body of a man who is higher in rank?
He shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.
astronomers
people who study the heavenly bodies
What did the Assyrians extend from and to?
What did the Chaldeans do to there empire?
They rebuilt Babylon
Who did Sargon conquer?
The remaining Sumerian city-states
What is the punishment for the slave of a freed man who strikes the body of a freed man?
His ear shall be cut off
Empire
a group of many different lands under one ruler.
What did the Assyrians worship?
They worshipped many of the same Gods.
What did the Chaldeans believe in?
That the ceremony would bring peace and bigger crops to there empire
Why did Sargon extend his army?
To include all of the the people in Mesopotamia
How are 202, 203, 204 ,205 different?
They are different because some of the causes and effects are different.