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The Akkadian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
General Questins
100
The great ruler of the Akkadian Empire
Who was Sargon?
100
The greatest ruler of the Babylonian Empire
Who was Hammurabi?
100
What the Assyrians used to help expand their territory
What is a trained army?
100
It means "new"
What is Neo?
100
The two rivers that flow through this area
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
200
One of the reasons for creating a code of laws.
What is unifying the People, preserving order
200
When an army camps outside a city and attacks it repeatedly
What is a siege?
200
The most famous king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
Who was Nebuchadnezzar ?
200
Another name for this area
What is The Fertile Crescent
300
The writing system used by the Akkadians
What is cuneiform?
300
The reason the laws in the code could not be broken
What is because they were the word of the gods?
300
A pipe or channel that brings water from a distant place
What is an aqueduct?
300
What Nebuchadnezzar had done in Canaan.
What is the destruction of the second temple?
300
A large territory where many groups of people are ruled by one leader
What is an empire?
400
Kings ruled in the name of these.
What are gods?
400
Something that really helped the Babylonian economy.
What is trade with other countries?
400
At its height, the Assyrian Empire stretched from Egypt to this body of water.
What is the Persian Gulf?
400
One of the great wonders of the ancient world.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
400
The name of the smaller areas that were conquered to create empires
What are city-states?
500
Agade
What is the capital of the Akkadian Empire
500
Two rights that were unique in the Babylonian Empire
What are women owning property and having money, slaves having money, buying freedom, working elsewhere and keeping wages
500
Two dimensional sculptures the Assyrians were known for.
What is bas relief?
500
A discovery of the Neo-Babylonians that helped tell time.
What is a sundial?
500
The series of trenches, canals, and aqueducts that keep the crops watered
What are irrigation systems?