WH Chapter 3 Assignment

What land did the Akkadians conquer in 2300 BC?

• Sumer

• Babylon

• Assyria

• Elam

Sargon’s dynasty collapsed after only 200 years because:

• Internal rebellions

• Foreign invasions and famine

• Economic decline

• Natural disasters

True or False: Sargon was the first king who demanded that his son would rule after his death

• True

• False

Who produced the Epic of Gilgamesh?

• Israelites

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Akkadians

Who was the Amorite king who ruled the Babylonian Empire in 2000 BC?

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Gilgamesh

Hammurabi’s code was:

• A set of laws from ancient Mesopotamia

• An eye for an eye

• Honor thy mother and father

• A historical monument

The artisans were a part of which class in the Mesopotamian social order?

• Upper class

• Middle class

• Lower class

• Slave class

In 1503 BC, who dressed as a man and ruled as a Pharaoh?

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra

• Nefertiti

• Tutankhamun

Who turned Egypt from polytheism to monotheism in 1353 BC?

• Akhenaten

• Tutankhamun

• Ramses II

• Cleopatra

Who took the Egyptian throne at the age of 9?

• King Tut

• Ramses II

• Cleopatra

• Akhenaten