Mesopotamia (P) Review

The meaning of just is most similar to the word

• fair

• right

• exact

Akkadia's most well-known king ruled for almost 50 years and united the Sumerian city-states.

• King Sargon I

• King Sargon II

• Hammurabi

• The Chaldeans

Sumeria was a theocracy. This means that

• religion played an important role in the government

• politics and religion were kept separately

• economics were central to the religious policies

Which leader of Old Babylon created a law code containing 282 laws?

• Hammurabi

• King Sargon I

• King Sargon II

Assyria was an _______ centered in modern day _______.

• kingdom ; Iran

• empire ; Iraq

• city-state ; Jerusalem

Neo-Babylon was led by the ________ and their main achievements were in _________.

• assyrians ; writing

• sumerians ; architecture

• chaldeans ; math & science

In the epilogue of Hammurabi's Code, he declared that

• anyone who altered his code would be cursed

• anyone who altered his code had Shamash's blessing

• anyone who maintained his code would have wealth