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First Empire and Emperor
What is Akkadian and Sargon
Produced a law code with 282 laws that was posted throughout his empire.
Who is Hammurabi?
Similar to a state in the USA, but is part of the Assyrian Empire.
What is a province?
Babylon is on this river
What is the Euphrates?
How many soldiers the Assyrian army had
What is 50,000?
How the Assyrians funded their building projects and military
What is high taxes and tribute
Amorite Emperor who established the Babylonian I Empire
Who is Hammurabi?
Developed Iron
Who are the Hittites?
He built a 25,000 volume library that changed the course of Mesopotamian archaeology.
Who is Ashurbanipal?
Nebuchadnezzar built this to please his wife
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
A golden statue of this god paraded through Babylon.
Who is Marduk?
The Assyrian Empire stretched from here to there
What is Egypt and the Persian Gulf?
Second Empire in the world
What is the Empire of Ur
Established the world's first permanent military.
Who is Sargon?
This Assyrian weapon worked even before the Assyrian military attacked.
What is fear?
They travel in this group selling their goods from city to city
What is a caravan?
Often conquerors demand this payment from the conquered.
What is tribute?
This metal made the Assyrians invincible
What is iron?
Together established the second Babylonian Empire
Who are Nabapolassar and Nebuchadnezzar
World's first writing system
What is Cuneiform?
Nineveh was on this river
What is the Tigris?
They were crucial in developing a lunar calendar.
Who were astronomers?
This building was at least 300' tall and had a gleaming gold roof.
What is the Zigurrat of Babylon?
This event allowed the Chaldeans to defeat the Assyrians
What is civil war?
Established a sea going trade empire centered around the Mediterranean sea
Who are the Phoenicians?
Language spoken in Sargon's empire
What is Akkadian?
Four modern nations that comprise the Assyrian Empire
What is Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria?
This Greek Historian praised the glory of Babylon.
Who is Herodutus?
The Chaldean ally that ensured the defeat of Assyria
Who are the Medes?
How the Assyrians grew their empire
What is conquest?