MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES

As Sumer's power faded, who formed the world's first empire?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

How did Sargon become an emperor over Sumer?

• The throne was given to him because he was an heir

• He conquered Sumerian city-states with his army

How much of Mesopotamia did Sargon rule during his life?

• Akkad and Sumer only

• All of it

• Akkad, some Sumerian city-states, and the city of Babylon

How long did Sargon's empire last?

• 100 years

• 50 years

• 200 years

• 10 years

The Akkadians adopted which feature of Sumerian culture?

• spoken language

• cuneiform

Who conquered Mesopotamia in the 1800s B.C.E.?

• The Sumerians

• The Hittites

• The Amorites

Which Babylonian king conquered Amorite cities and created his own empire?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

What did Hammurabi accomplish as emperor?

• He made up a new spoken language.

• He destroyed the city of Babylon

• He made a written code of laws to govern his people with some fairness

Which empire rose 1,000 years AFTER Hammurabi?

• the Akkadians

• The Sumerians

• The Babylonians

• The Assyrians

Which is TRUE?

• The Assyrians gave money to the people they conquered

• They demanded payment (tribute) from the people they conquered