Mesopotamian Rulers

________ rebuilt Babylon, making it the largest and richest city in the world.

• King Nebuchadnezzar

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Nobody

He was the Akkadian leader that seized power in Mesopotamia around 2334 BC and united Sumerian city-states into an empire

• King Hammurabi

• King Sargon

• King Cyrus

The famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon were believed to have been built by whom and for what purpose?

• by Hammurabi to show off his power

• by Nebuchadnezzar as a gift to his wife

• by Sargon as a way to unite his people

This was the King that developed the first written laws. (282)

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar

This King created the first Empire.

• King Gilgamesh

• King Ashurbanipal

• King Cyrus the Great

• King Sargon the Great

He was a Sumerian King. He is known as a demigod with superhuman strength. (Epic Poem)

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchadnezzar

Which was not one of Sargon´s acheivement?

• Supported education

• Created a Code of laws

• Created a post system

• Built roads for trade

Naram-Sin was the Great Grandson of

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Cyrus the Great

The leader was found cast adrift in a basket when he was a baby

• Hammuradi

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Darius

The founder of the first Babylonian Empire

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Nabopolassar