Mesopotamian Empires

Why was Hammurabi's Code an important achievement?

• It was the first set of laws to be written down.

• It was the first set laws that treated ALL people equally.

• It was the earliest form of a constitution.

Answer explanation

To the best of our knowledge, Hammurabi's Code is the oldest written laws to ever be discovered. Not only were the laws written down, they displayed publicly for everyone to see. The laws applied to everyone, but they did not necessarily treat ALL people equally.

Which is the proper sequence of empires that ruled Mesopotamia?

• Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Assyrian

• Assyrian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian.

• Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian

Answer explanation

Sing to yourself, "Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, and Gilgamesh." Then try to remember, Sargon is Akkadian, Hammurabi is Babylonian, and Ashurbanipal is Assyrian.

Each Mesopotamian empire got progressively bigger. Why did Mesopotamian emperors continually try to conquer and add more land to their territory?

• More land means access to more natural resources.

• Adding more land usually involves adding more people to your population.

• Adding more people means you can collect more taxes.

• All 3 of these options are correct.

Answer explanation

Natural resources, people, and taxes all equate to more power for the empire and the emperor.

How did Hammurabi come to rule over all of Mesopotamia? 

• He was the king of Babylon

• His father left him the land 

• He conquered and united all of Mesopotamia

• He asked politely 

Hammurabi was a king of the Babylonian empire.

• True

• False

The Assyrian army was made up of which forces?

• Infantry

• Cavalry

• Charioteers

• All of the above

Which invention made the Assyrian army successful?

• Iron Weapons

• Bronze Weapons

• Tin Weapons

• The catapult

Hammurabi's Code dictated punishments for:

• Only the worst crimes.

• Crimes for all aspects of Babylonian life.

Why is Hammurabi's Code important?

• It was written in Cuniform

• It was used create a teenage offender program in Texas

• First set of written laws

• It's a secret code only for spies.

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