Mesopotamian Empires

The most important ruler of the Chaldean Empire was

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus II

• Ashurbanipal

The Akkadian Empire was created by

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Ashurbanipal

• Hammurabi

The Assyrian who created the Great Library at Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ashurbanipal

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

The oldest surviving written code of laws was created by

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Ashurbanipal

The following best describes which empire? "A highly decentralized empire that showed a great amount of religious tolerance. At their height they held land from modern Iran to modern Turkey"

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans

• Persians

Hammurabi's code is best summed up as "An Eye for a(n) _________"

• Tooth

• Ox

• Eye

• Slave

If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out.  If he has nocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?

• Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.

• All men are equal under the law.

• Violence must always be punished with violence.

• Fines are preferable to physical punishment.

The Persian Empire was founded by

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus II

• Ashurbanipal

As Sumer's power faded, who formed the world's first empire?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

How did Sargon become an emperor over Sumer?

• The throne was given to him because he was an heir

• He conquered Sumerian city-states with his army