4 empires of Mesopotamia

What was Akkadia's biggest achievement?

• They were the first empire

• They wrote the first book of laws

What was King Hammurabi famous for?

• He started the first empire

• He wrote the first code of laws

"An eye for an Eye" describes what?

• A poem written during the Akkadian Empire

• The way people traded with each other

• The way people were punished in the Babylonian Empire

What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states' independence from one another?

• they were unable to trade crops with one another 
• they did not cooperate to build irrigation systems
• they had very few different natural resources available
• they could not defend themselves against stronger groups

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build their capital city?

• mined precious stones in the mountains
• collected the tribute from conquered peoples
• expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops
• printed paper money to buy what it needed

The Akkadians used steles to 

• attack enemy forces
• get water for farming 
• record important events
• make objects from metal 

What is Hammurabi best remembered?

• a code of laws
• a style of battle 
• a hanging garden
• a system of canals

The Assyrians used the following things to: 
siege technique 
battering rams
movable towers 

• collect taxes
• train soldiers 
• destroy crops
• conquer cities 

Why did Nebuchadrezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?

• to make farmers stay outside
• to protect the city from attacks
• to keep his army from revolting
• to isolate his people from outsiders

A problem that all 4 Mesopotamian empires had was ...

• choosing strong leaders
• trading with other empires
• controlling such a large area 
• keeping track of their history