Sargon and Hammurabi

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As Sumer's power faded, who formed the world's first empire?

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Sargon the Great

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How long did Sargon's empire last?

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200 years

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Which Babylonian king conquered Amorite cities and created his own empire?

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Hammurabi

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What did Hammurabi accomplish as emperor?

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He made a written code of laws to govern his people with some fairness.

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King of Akkad who formed the first empire

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Sargon

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The writing that the Mesopotamians developed

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Cuneiform

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A temple

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Ziggurat

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Several regions controlled by one person

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Empire

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a country made up of a city and the surrounding land

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City-State

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tame

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domesticate