Mesopotamia Review 2

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What is an empire?

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group of areas and people ruled by one person

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Who was Sargon?

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An Akkadian

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How did Sargon form his empire? Options: conquered Sumerian city-states, elected leader, Created an army made up of farmers, He asked the Sumerians to give up their land

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conquered Sumerian city-states

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Why did Sargon's empire fail?

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Sargon died.

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Laws that followed the idea of an “eye for an eye” is known as

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Code of Hammurabi

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Who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

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Sargon

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Who was the ruler of the Babylonians?

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Hammurabi

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Who created the first empire?

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Sargon

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The first Mesopotamian empire to use iron weapons and chariots in battle were:

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Assyrians

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This empire used a network of roads and split their land into provinces to help govern the area

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Assyrians