Empires of Ancient Mesopotamia Grade 6

Ancient Sumer flourished in Mesopotamia between

• 3500 and 2300 B.C.E.

• 2500 and 2900 B.C.E.

• 1999 B.C. and 2020 B.C.

• 1000 B.C. E. and 250 B.C.E.

Which empire conquered Sumer first?

• Neo-Babylonian Empire.

• Babylonian Empire

• Assyrian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

Each of these empires faced problems. Which one is correct?

• Conflict with neighboring lands,

• Improving their military strategies

• People even chose to rebel against their kings

For over a thousand years, Sumer was a land of independent

• country

• territory

• city-states

• empire

Who was the first king of Akkadians?

• Hammurabi

• Naram-Sin

• Sargon

• Powerful Kings

Who was the second ruler to unite all of Mesopotamia?

• Cyrus

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

Hammurabi is best known for his...

• Code of Peace

• Code of Military

• Code of Laws

• Code of Leadership

Which statement is NOT TRUE?

• Hammurabi claimed the laws were the words of gods.

• The codes were displayed in public on a massive stele.

• The laws could be changed every hundred years.

• The code were laws for the people.

Babylonia thrived under Hammurabi. He worked to unite the people of his empire.

• He had roads built.

• He created a postal service.

• He maintain irrigation systems.

• He gave the people in his empire gold and silver.

The Assyrians were next to rule Mesopotamia. Which one is not correct?

• Their military might and their cruelty.

• Their new horses.

• Their perfected the use of horses and iron weapons.

• Their siege warfare.