Mesopotamia (The Akkadian Empire)

What peoples came before the Akkadians in the land of Mesopotamia?

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Persians

What Akkadian leader rose to power and first united Mesopotamia under one rule?

• Sargon The Great

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Naram-Sin

Sargon introduced the concept of the dynasty to an empire. What was this?

• When a king would assign leaders to rule each city who reported in to him

• Another name for the civil service or administrators who worked for the government

• When the son of a king inherited his kingdom and became king when he died

• All of the above

True or false: There was a good road system that ran between the major cities of the empire.

• True

• False

Mesopotamia, a Greek word for ancient country of Iraq, means...

• very, very old

• No one knows

• Iraq

• the land between rivers

What were the FIRST 2 cities in Mesopotamia? [Choose 2 cities below]

• Lagash

• Uruk

• Eridu

• Ur

Sargon the Great, with the use of his army, created the world's FIRST?

• Country

• Kingdom

• Religion

• Empire

The Akkadian Empire (created by Sargon the Great) lasted how many years after his death?

• 50 years

• 82 years

• 98 years

• 100 years

What did Sargon use to gain control of all of Mesopotamia, including Sumer?

• Military skills

• The Force

• Strict laws

What was the Hammurabi's Code?

• The first code of laws to apply to everyone

• Suggestions of how to live a happy life

• The first computer programming language