The First Empires

What was the first empire?

• Akkadian

• Babylonian

• Neo-Babylonian

• Chaldean

What prevented city-states from uniting before the Akkadian Empire?

• The city-states were too far from each other

• The city-states did not like each other

• No ruler was powerful enough to to take over all city-states

• The city-states all spoke a different language.

Who was king of the Akkadian empire?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Cyrus the Great

• Sargon

Who was king of the Neo-Babylonian empire?

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Cyrus the Great

How did Nebuchadnezzar II expand the Neo-Babylonian empire?

• military conquest (strong military)

• using taxes

• creating a code of law

• overthrowing the Akkadian empire

What helped to improve trade and the economy of early empires?

• new religion

• a code of laws

• military conquest

• new & better roads

What did the Neo-Babylonian empire do that other empires didn't?

• expand education

• introduce a code of law

• build better roads

• improve irrigation

Hammurabi law helped to

• punish all people who were accused of a crime

• protect those who were wrongly accused of a crime

• protect the lower social classes

• protect the upper social classes

Which of these were considered a "middle" social class.

• Slaves

• Farmers

• Artisans

• Priests

What were taxes used for?

• to build better roads & irrigation systems

• to help feed the poor

• to provide the income to the elderly

• to provide the king with riches