Chapter 3 Section 1: Akkad and Babylon

The language spoken by the Akkadians.

• o Arabic

• o Pakrit

• o Pali

• o Semitic

A large political unit or state, usually under a single leader that controls many people or territories.

• o dynasty

• o kingship

• o empire

• o city states

He was the leader of the Akkadians, who overran the Sumerians and set up the first empire in world history.

• o Naram Sin

• o Hammurabi

• o Sargon

• o Code of Hammurabi

One of Sargon’s successor, his grandson

• o Sargon the Great

• o Naram Sin

• o Hammurabi

• o Meagher

What caused the Akkadian empire to fall by 2150 B.C.

• o Natural calamities

• o Sargon failed to unify his state territories

• o This empire never failed it succeed and overtook Babylon

• o Attacks from neighbors

His successor led him to boast that he was King of the Four Corners of the Universe. Identify the ruler

• o Naram Sin

• o Sargon

• o Hammurabi

• o Menes

He was king from Babylon, which was a city state south of Akkad

• o Naram Sin

• o Hammurabi

• o Sargon

• o Menes

This king called himself the sun of Babylon.

• o Naram Sin

• o Hammurabi

• o Sargon

• o Menes

A society dominated by men.

• o Matriarchal

• o Patriarchal

• o Polytheistic

• o Monotheistic

It was the capital of Hammurabi.

• o Babylon

• o Akkad

• o Mesopotamia

• o Sumer