Mesopotamian Empires

Sargon the I (first) led the:

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

Sargon created the first ___________________ in the world.

• Empire

• Library

• City-state

• Langauge

Sargon was a _____________ at birth.

• Farmer

• Servant

• King

• Orphan

Hammurabi led the:

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Neo-Babylonians

• Babylonians

Hammurabi was the first to create ______________ laws.

• Cruel

• Written

• Unfair

• Funny

What was the theme of Hammurabi's Code of Laws?

• Innocent until proven guilty

• "An eye for an eye"

• Punishment is cruel and unnecessary

• "All for one, and one for all"

Who said, "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind"?

• Mohandas Gandhi

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Hammurabi

• President Donald Trump

Sargon the II led the:

• Assyrians

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

• Neo-Babylonians

All of the following is TRUE about the Assyrians except:

• Their military was violent

• Their military was large

• Their military was well-trained

• Their leaders did not fight in battle

The capital of Assyria was:

• Babylon

• Sumer

• Nineveh

• Chaldea