Akkadia and Babylonia

The ______ Empire was the first empire in the world.

• Akkadian

• Egyptian

• Roman

• Babylonian

_______ was the world's first emperor.

• Hammurabi

• Julius Caesar

• Sargon

• King Tut

Which came first the Babylonian Empire or the Akkadian Empire?

• Babylonian Empire

• Akkadian Empire

Why did the Akkadian Empire come to an end? (check all that are true)

• Drought destroyed its food supply

• It was weakened by invasions

• It was conquered by the Babylonian Empire

• People living in the empire rebelled against the emperor

The most famous Akkadian emperor was

• Hammurabi

• Rameses

• Sargon

• Ishtar

The most famous Babylonian emperor was

• Hammurabi

• Rameses

• Sargon

• Ishtar

Hammurabi was famous because he _________ (check all that are true).

• was pulled from a basket in the river as a baby

• was a great war leader

• wrote the world's first code of laws

• created a good way to collect taxes

• was made emperor by the goddess Ishtar

True or false: Hammurabi's Code treated all people equally.

• True

• False

Under Hammurabi's Code, if you injured a rich person

• you would get the same punishment that you would get for injuring a poor person

• you would get a more severe punishment than you would get for injuring a poor person

• you would not be punished, since a rich person could afford to pay a doctor

The most important thing about Hammurabi's Code was that

• it was fair and just

• it treated all different types of people equally

• it was written down, so everyone could know what the law is

• we still follow it today