Later Mesopotamian Empires

The land between the rivers is ...

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Babylonia

• Nineveh

Today that land is known as ...

• Syria

• Iran

• Jordan

• Iraq

The first civilization to develop in Mesopotamia was ...

• Sumer

• Babylonian

• Persian

• Assyrian

The city-states of Sumer fought over ...

• food and farming

• land and river rights

• taxes

• human rights

Who was the king that conquered Sumer?

• Sylvester

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Homer

One leader controlling more than one group of people is called

• a dictator

• a ruler

• an empire

• impossible

Next up the Babylonian empire. What was their capital?

• Ninevah

• Babylon

• Urek

• Ur

Who led the first Babylonian Empire?

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

Why do we remember Hammurabi?

• fixing the irrigation canals

• writing a code of laws

• raising taxes

• listening to the people

What was Hammurabi's code based on?

• past laws

• strict punishments

• an eye for an eye

• the will of the gods