Sargon
A forced payment made to a ruler (as a sign of submission.)
Tribute
Babylon is present day________.
Iraq
Which empire required people to pay tribute?
Akkadian rulers
Which city became Hammurabi's capital?
Babylon
a broad geographic area with a common feature
region
What was the relative location of Sargon Empire?
Northern Mesopotamia
How was the Neo-Babylonian Empire created?
The Medes and the Babylonians defeated the Assyrian army.
Who produced a system of weights and measurements.
Akkadian rulers
a set of official rules; a system of principles or rules
codes
Why have historians been able to learn much about ancient civilizations from the Assyrians?
The Assyrians built a library that held 25,000 tablets of writing.
How did Sargon build the world’s first empire?
He gained his empire by conquering Sumerian city-states.
Who was the Babylonian King
King Hammurabi
Which empire first used a standard system of weights and measures to carry out trade?
the Akkadian Empire
What was the relative location of Hammurabi's kingdom?
West of Mesopotamia
Which Mesopotamian empire was so large that it included Egypt?
Assyrian
How long did Sargon Empire last?
200 YRS
They divided their empire into provinces and chose officials to govern the provinces.
Babylon
a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire
providences
What is Hammurabi best known for?
creating a set of laws for his empire
How did Sargon’s rule change the cultures of Akkad and Sumer?
Both Akkadian and Sumerian were spoken.
Who created the worlds first Mesopotamian empire.
Sargon
Who were the first people to use a seven-day week to measure time?
the Babylonians
Who was the King of Akkad?
King Sargon
Which ancient law supports an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?
Hammurabi's law
How were Assyrian kings able to rule such a large empire?
They divided their empire into provinces and chose officials to govern the provinces.