First Empires
(Akkad & Babylon)
(Akkad & Babylon)
What is a large land with many different groups of people ruled by one leader, such as the world's first empire created by King Sargon in Akkad?
What is an empire? (Chase Whirlow / Abigail Narvaez / Ella Murch)
What was the name of the collection of 282 written laws created by the ruler of Babylon?
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
(Joshua Sabaleta / Jordan Reyes)
What title was given to the all-powerful kings of ancient Egypt who expanded the empire through military conquest?
What is a pharaoh? (Camryn Helton)
Where were the ancient kingdoms of Kush and Nubia located in relation to Egypt?
What is south of Egypt along the Nile River? (Joshua Sabaleta)
What metal made the Assyrian army famous, and where did King Ashurbanipal build a great library to collect ancient writings?
What is iron weapons and the library at Nineveh? (Amelia Heilbrun / Chaldem McPherson)
How many standing soldiers were in King Sargon's army to help him enforce his rule across the empire?
What is 5,400 men? (Chaldem McPherson)
Under Hammurabi's Code, what punishment happened if a son struck his father?
What is his hands shall be cut off? (Chaldem McPherson)
What two military technologies did the Egyptians learn from the Hyksos invaders and use to drive them out?
What are horse-drawn war chariots and bronze weapons? (Camryn Helton)
Which Kushite king marched north into Egypt, conquered it, and established the 25th Dynasty of pharaohs?
Who is King Piye? (Sasha Moseti)
When Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon, what did he allow the captive Jews to do?
What is return to Israel and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem? (Amelia Heilbrun)
Who did King Sargon appoint as local governors to help maintain control over conquered Sumerian city-states?
What are the former rulers of the city-states? (Amelia Heilbrun)
Under Hammurabi's Code, how was a crime against a noble punished compared to the same crime against a lower-class commoner?
What is more severely? (Amelia Heilbrun)
Which wealthy land up the Nile River did Queen Hatshepsut send trading expeditions to for luxury goods like incense and gold?
What is the land of Punt? (Joshua Sabaleta)
From which invading army equipped with iron weapons did the Kushites learn the secret of iron smelting?
Who are the Assyrians? (Chaldem McPherson)
What title was given to the local governor who ruled each of the 20 provinces in the Persian Empire?
What is a satrap? (Chaldem McPherson)
What was the main cause of conflict and war between independent Sumerian city-states before they were united into an empire?
What is fighting over control of land and water? (Camryn Helton)
How did the Babylonians make sure everyone could see Hammurabi's laws and that judges could not secretly change them?
What is carving the laws into a public stone pillar? (Camryn Helton)
What was Pharaoh Akhenaten's original name before he forced Egypt to worship the single god Aten, causing Egypt to lose its foreign lands?
What is Amenhotep IV? (Camryn Helton)
Which city became the famous capital of Kush because it had rich supplies of iron ore and sat on major trade routes?
What is Meroë? (Amelia Heilbrun)
What title was given to the local governor who ruled each of the 20 provinces in the Persian Empire?
What is a satrap? (Chaldem McPherson)
Why did the Babylonian Empire fall after the reign of King Hammurabi?
What is weak kings were unable to keep it united? (Camryn Helton)
Under Hammurabi's Code, what was the punishment for a builder if a poorly constructed house collapsed and killed the homeowner?
What is the builder was put to death? (Amelia Heilbrun)
How did Queen Hatshepsut's main strategy for expanding Egypt's wealth differ from Thutmose III's strategy?
What is focusing on trade expansion rather than military conquest? (Joshua Sabaleta)
How did Kush build a wealthy trading empire after being driven out of Egypt by the Assyrians?
What is using Meroë's iron ore to manufacture and export iron tools and weapons across global trade routes? (Joshua Sabaleta)
What 1,500-mile road connected Sardis to Susa, and what were the elite 10,000 Persian soldiers called?
What are the Royal Road and the Immortals? (Amelia Heilbrun / Chase Whirlow)