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WorksheetsMesopotamia Part 2 and 3
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Hammurabi was a __________________ king.
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Hammurabi is best known for...
his code of laws
the empire he created with Babylon at its center
creating the first empire in the world
creating stele
The ____________ conquered the Babylonians around 1595 BC.
Persians
Assyrians
HIttites
Kassites
One of the greatest contributions of the Hittites was ________________.
iron smelting
the phalanx military formation
horse drawn chariots
bronze weapons and tools
A new dynasty began in 722 B.C. when _____________ seized power. Modeling himself on Sargon the Great, he divided the empire into provinces and kept the peace.
Sargon II
Ashurbanipal
Esarhaddon
Ashurnasirpal II
The Hittites freely shared their advanced technology with their neighboring cultures.
True
False
Shalmaneser conquered ____________.
Israel
Egypt
Judah
Samaria
The _____________ were from the mountains east of Mesopotamia. During their rule of Babylon immigrants from Europe and India arrived in Mesopotamia.
Persians
Hittites
Kassites
Assyrians
Ashurnasirpal II was hated because of his brutality. His son Shalmaneser spent the majority of his reign fighting off an alliance between ________________.
Judah, Samaria, and Israel
Persia, Syria and Egypt
Israel, Judah, and Egypt
Syria, Babylon and Egypt
The Kassites abandoned their own culture after a couple of generations of dominance, allowing themselves to be absorbed into Babylonian civilization
True
False
The Assyrian Empire spread throughout the region of Mesopotamia eventually expanding as far as Palestine and Egypt.
True
False
The ______________ Empire began in about 1365 B.C. in the areas between the lands controlled by the Hittites and the Kassites.
Assyrian
Akkadian
Persian
Babylonian
