Ch 4 Lesson 2 - Mesopotamian Empires

​Ch 4 Lesson 1 - Akkadians and Babylonians

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Digital: Ch 4, Lesson 2

Textbook: 86-87

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Multiple Choice

BELL RINGER:

Cuneiform is the first form of _______________?

• writing

• pottery

• religion

• language

By 2400 B.C.E. - New empires formed​ in northern Mesopotamia.

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Empire - A large territory or group of many territories under one ruler.​

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The first Empires:

Akkad​

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The Akkad was led by Sargon who began to conquer Sumerian city-states.

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He combined them with Akkad​ to form the Akkadians Empire, the world's first empire, lasting over 200 years.

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It would eventually take over all of Mesopotamia.​

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​SARGON

Hammurabi

In the 1800s B.C.E. - the Amorites conquered Mesopotamia.

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Around 1792 B.C.E. - The Babylonian ​King Hammurabi conquered the Amorites creating the Babylonian Empire.

​Amorites

​Hammurabi / Babylonian Empire

Hammurabi's Code

• listed the laws and punishments

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Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth

• punishment matches the crime.​

• ​Protected those who had less power, like women.

• Influenced the laws of Greece and Rome (and the United States)​

​Hammurabi Code

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​TO DO:

1. Vocabulary - Empires

2. Empire of Sargon

3. Babylonian Empire

4. Hammurabi​