Four Empires

Four Empires of Mesopotamia

what is an empire?

a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

Four Empires

• Akkadia

• Babylon

• Assyria

• Neo Babylon

Akkadian Empire

• Ruled by king Sargon

• He ruled a kingdom north of the Sumerians called Akkad

• Akkadians had Bronze weapons

• Ruled for over 50 years

• carved relief sculptures, called  steles , on stones

Multiple Choice

What weapons helped the Akkadians in battle

• Silver

• Iron

• Titanium

• Bronze

Babylonian Empire

• The next ruler to unite all of Mesopotamia was a king named Hammurabi 

• Best Known for his Code of Laws

• Babylonian women had more rights than in most other ancient societies

Economy

the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants

Multiple Choice

Hammurabi was best known for...

• His army

• His economy

• His wealth

• His laws

Assyrian Empire

• Feared for their military

• new weapons and war strategies

• use of horses and iron weapons in battle.

•   siege: a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

• battering rams

• capital city of Nineveh

Assyrian Legacy

Sculptures depicting kings (bas-reliefs)

 first aqueducts, which are pipes or channels used to carry water

Multiple Choice

The Assyrians developed a pipe system known as

• Pipes

• Canals

• Plumbing

• Aqueducts

^{Neo Babylonian Empire}

• ^{Neo meaning "New"}

• ^{Famous king was Nebuchadnezzar II} 

• ^{Built "Castle"}

• ^{Skilled in mathematics and astronomy.}

• ^{Created the first sundial, a device that uses the sun to tell time.}

• ^{539 B.C.E: it falls to the Persian Empire}

Multiple Choice

Neo Babylon created the first instrument to tell time, it was known as..

• Clock

• Sundial

• Hourglass

• Watch