Chapter 6 (1-3)

Question 1

what is a large territory where groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

Answer 1

a empire

Question 2

Sargon & the Akkadians (uh-KAY-dee-unz) did what first

Answer 2

• world’s first empire

- this was their greatest achievement

Question 3

What empires rose up and between what time periods?

Answer 3

• 2300 to 539 BCE
• Akkadian (uh-KAY-dee-unz) Empire
• Babylonian (bah-buh-LOH-nyuhn) Empire
• Assyrian (uh-SIR-ee-un) Empire
• Neo-Babylonian Empire

Question 4

What time period did the Akkadian (uh-KAY-dee-unz) Empire rule?

Answer 4

2300 - 2100 BCE

Question 5

What time period did the Assyrian (uh-SIR-ee-un) Empire rule?

Answer 5

900 - 612 BCE

Question 6

What time period did the Babylonian (bah-buh-LOH-nyuhn) Empire rule?

Answer 6

1792 - 1595 BCE

Question 7

What time period did the Neo-Babylonian Empire rule?

Answer 7

605 - 539 BCE

Question 8

Under what king did the Akkadian (uh-KAY-dee-unz) Empire unite the Sumer people?

Answer 8

King Sargon, the first ruler of the Akkadian (uh-KAY-dee-unz) Empire

Question 9

Where did the Akkadian (uh-KAY-dee-unz) come from?

Answer 9

Northern Mesopotamia

Question 10

How did Sargon win the territory and how did he keep control?

Answer 10

• military skills to win it

- political strategies to keep it

Question 11

What political strategies did Sargon use to keep control?

Answer 11

• destroyed the walls to make it harder for people to rebel
• demanded loyalty of the governors of city-states
• decreed that his sons would rule after his death

Question 12

what is a city that is the center of government

Answer 12

capitol

Question 13

what is wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior

Answer 13

tribute

Question 14

where and what was the capitol Sargon made?

Answer 14

• in northern Mesopotamia

- Agade (uh-GAH-duh)

Question 15

describe Agada (uh-GAH-duh)

Answer 15

• became a cultural center
• beautiful temples & palaces
• one of the riches more powerful cities in the world

Question 16

What were the Akkadians well known for

Answer 16

• skillful 3 dimensional sculptures

Question 17

steles

Answer 17

• relief carved sculptures on stones

Question 18

famous example of a stele and celebrates what

Answer 18

• Victory Stele
• military victory by Sargon’s grandson, King Naram-Sin
• shows King Naram-Sin leading his army up a mountain slope
• enemies are crushed, flee, die, or beg for mercy

Question 19

when and to whom did the Akkadian empire fall?

Answer 19

• after 200 years

- invaders from the north