TCI Lesson 6 "Empires of Mesopotamia"

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What was Akkadia's biggest achievement?

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They were the first empire.

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What was King Hammurabi famous for?

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He wrote the first code of laws

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"An eye for an Eye" describes what?

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The way people were punished in the Babylonian Empire

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What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states' independence from one another?

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they could not defend themselves against stronger groups

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How did the Akkadians get the resources to build their capital city?

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collected the tribute (money) from conquered peoples

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The Akkadians used steles to

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record important events

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What is Hammurabi best remembered? Options: a code of laws, a style of battle, a hanging garden, a system of canals

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a code of laws

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The Assyrians used the following things to do what?
siege technique
battering rams
movable towers

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conquer cities

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Why did Nebuchadrezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?

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to protect the city from attacks

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A problem that all 4 Mesopotamian empires had was ...

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controlling such a large area