Four Empires of Mesopotamia

Steles are used to

• attack enemy forces

• get water for farming

• write down important events

• make objects from metal

What is Hammurabi best known for?

• a code of laws

• a style of battle

• a hanging garden

• a system of canals

The Assyrians used siege technique, battering rams, and movable towers to:

• collect taxes

• train soldiers

• destroy crops

• conquer cities

Why did Nebuchadrezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?

• to make farmers stay outside

• to protect the city from attacks

• to keep his army from revolting

• to isolate his people from outsiders

What Empire did Sargon rule?

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

• Assyrians

What is Sargon best known for?

• Building the Hanging Gardens for his wife

• Creating the world's first empire

• Inventing peanut butter

• Creating the first code of laws

According to Hammurabi, what would be the punishment for poking out a person's eye?

• death

• a long prison term

• a severe beating

• the guilty person's eye would be poked out

What is an empire?

• a large group of states, nations, or people under one ruler

• a group with same laws, religion and language

• a group with a single ruler

• a group that shares the same culture or way of life

Which of these leaders of empires came first? 

• Cyrus
• Sargon
• Hammurabi
• Nebuchadrezzar

Where did Hammurabi put his code of laws?

• He had them carved on stele and placed in front of the temple

• He tattooed them on people to remind them