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Topic 2 Lesson 2: The First Empires

Authored by Nicholas Sukut

Social Studies

6th Grade

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Topic 2 Lesson 2: The First Empires
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1.

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1 min • 1 pt

For hundreds of years, the city-states fought among themselves. In time, strong rulers conquered the whole region creating the world's first _______. An empire is a state containing several countries or territories.

(pg. 60)

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1 min • 1 pt

While the Sumerian city-states struggled for power, a new society arose in Mesopotamia. The ________ people lived to the northwest of Sumer, but they were not related to Sumerians. Akkadians spoke a different language and had different customs.

(pg. 61)

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Akkadians and Sumerians shared some cultural ______. A cultural trait is an idea or way of doing things that is common to a certain culture. For example, the Akkadians and Sumerians has similar religious practices, and both societies used the cuneiform system of writing.

(pg. 61)

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1 min • 1 pt

After Sargon's death in 2279 BCE, the Akkadian empire faced a growing number of rebellions and invasions. Within 100 years, the empire had _________. Warriors from the Zagros Mountains, east of the Tigris River, eventually took control of the region.

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1 min • 1 pt

Around 1792 BCE, Hammurabi became king of Babylon. For 30 years, he solidified his power and built up his army. Then he launched a series of attacks against other Mesopotamian city-states. Within a few years he had united southern Mesopotamia into what we now call the Old Babylonian empire, which is also called _________.

(pg. 62)

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Today, Hammurabi is best remembered for his creation of Hammurabi's Code, a set of laws that governed in the Babylonian empire. Many of these laws had existed since Sumerian times, but _________ wanted to make sure everyone in Babylonia knew the laws they were expected to live by.

(pg. 62)

7.

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30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that all members of a society must obey the law.

(pg. 63)

rule of law

rule of four

rule of finance

rule of code

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