TCI 7 (Mesopotamia)

What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states’ independence from one another?

• They were unable to trade crops with one another
  

• They did not cooperate to build irrigation systems

• They had very few different natural resources available
  

• They could not defend themselves against stronger groups

  
  

What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?

• One government ruled several groups

• Rulers claimed to get power from the gods
  

• Many beautiful works of art were produced

• Public works such as irrigation were organized

Which of these leaders of empires came first?

• Cyrus

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city?

• mined precious stones in the mountains

• collected tribute from conquered peoples
  

• expanded irrigation to grow bigger crops

• printed paper money to buy what it needed

The Akkadians used steles to:

• attack enemy forces

• get water for farming

• record important events

• make objects from metal

Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?

• military strategy

• economic wealth

• religious teachings

• complex technology

For what is Hammurabi best remembered?

• a code of laws

• a style of battle

• a hanging garden

• a system of canals

How was the legal system of Babylon more advanced than that of other societies at that time?

• It put an end to slavery

• IIt used mild punishments

• It gave women some rights

• It treated all classes the same

Babylonian ______ sent grain and woven cloth to other places in exchange for wood, gold and silver, and livestock

• arts

• trade

• products

• inventions

Which city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?

• Ur

• Agad

• Babylon

• Nineveh