TCI Unit 1 ---- Four Empires of Mesopotamia

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The name of the land that the Akkadians conquered around 2300 B.C.E was called

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Sumer

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The Akkadians were led by .......... ?

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King Sargon

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King Sargon is best known for teaching his soldiers effective military strategies. What were these strategies?

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They gathered in tight formations and had the soldiers in front carry shields. The soldiers in the back carried spears and would extend the spears in between the shields.

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One way that King Sargon maintained control of his citizens was to .......

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destroy the walls of many city-states, leaving the citizens completely defenseless.

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King Sargon developed the capital city of ............ by collecting ........................... from the people that he conquered.

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Babylon, tributes

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Three things that the Akkadians continued to use from the Sumerian Empire were:

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their irrigation system, their system of cuneiform writing, and the worshiping of their gods and goddesses.

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The next ruler to take over the Mesopotamia area after the Akkadians was ......................... and he was known for his ........................................................ that were written on a three dimensional .........................

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Hammurabi, code of laws, three dimensional stele

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Hammurabi wrote his code of laws in an effort to ..................................... and ........................................ He also felt that he was given the authority to create and enforce these laws by ...........................

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unify his empire, provide order to his empire, and the gods gave him the power.

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Under Hammurabi, the Babylonian Empire .......................................

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thrived

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Two things that Hammurabi created that helped his empire to thrive and connect people of all social statuses were:

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roads and a postal service