Early Empires_CH 3 L1 AKKAD AND BABYLON

To help control his large empire, the Akkadian emperor Sargon

• traveled constantly, visiting every part of his empire several times a year.

• made the former rulers of the city-states he conquered into governors.

• executed the rulers of the city-states he conquered in order to intimidate his new subjects.

• made the soldiers who had proved bravest in battle the governors of the city-states he conquered.

Sargon's power came primarily from

• his military strength.

• his skill for diplomacy.

• his self-designated status as a god.

• his reputation for being cruel and bloodthirsty.

At its height, the Akkadian empire included

• lands as far east as India.

• all of the lands between the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea.

• all of Mesopotamia and lands westward to the Mediterranean.

• all the Sumerian city-states and the territory south into Babylon.

After the Akkadian empire, the next great empire in Mesopotamia was called the

• Babylonian empire.

• Assyrian empire.

• New Kingdom.

• Persian empire.

Hammurabi established a capital for his empire at

• Akkad.

• Axum.

• Akhetaten.

• Babylon.

Hammurabi is now most remembered for

• leading his well-trained army into battle.

• developing the set of laws known as the Code of Hammurabi.

• being 'the sun of Babylon, the king who made the four quarters of the world obedient.'

• the beautiful temples and palaces he had built in Babylon.

The phrase 'an eye for an eye' sums up a concept known as

• divide and conquer.

• the Code of Hammurabi.

• the principle of retaliation.

• a tooth for a tooth.

According to the Code of Hammurabi, how should a son be punished if he hits his father?

• His father should hit him back.

• The son's hand should be cut off.

• The son should be sent into exile.

• The son should perform services in the community.

In a Mesopotamian family, who wielded the most power?

• The father.

• The mother.

• The oldest family member.

• It varied from family to family.

A society in which men hold the greatest control in both private and political spheres is known as a

• matriarchy.

• monarchy.

• dynasty.

• patriarchy.