Akkadian Empire

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

• Baylonians

• Sumerians

• Assyrians

• Greeks

The Akkadians were the first to move from separate city-states to this form of government.

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Empire

• Socialism

What language did the Akkadians speak?

• Sumerian

• Babylonian

• Assyrian

• Akkadian

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

• Sargon

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Alexander the Great

What was Naram-Sin famous for?

• He was the Babylonian ruler who conquered the Akkadians

• He was a scribe who wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh

• He was ruler of the Akkadian Empire during its peak

• He was the god of the Sun and the primary god of the city of Uruk

What period of time in history did the Akkadians rule the land of Mesopotamia?

• 3300 BC to 3000 BC

• 2700 BC to 2000 BC

• 2500 BC to 2400 BC

• 2300 BC to 2100 BC

Why did the Sumerians think that the Akkadian Empire collapsed?

• Because of a curse placed on them when they destroyed the temple at Nippur

• Because they spoke a different language

• Because they could not fight well

• Because of poor leadership

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

• None of the above

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

• True

• False

Before the Akkadian empire, where did people speak the Akkadian language?

• Southern Mesopotamia

• Northern Mesopotamia

• China

• Nowhere