Exploring Four Empires of Mesopotamia Lesson 6

Question 1

4 Empires

Answer 1

Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian

Question 2

Akkadians

Answer 2

conquered Sumer about 2300 B.C.E. made the Sumerian city-states a part of an empire. Sargon became the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire.

Question 3

empire

Answer 3

a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

Question 4

strategies

Answer 4

a planned approach

Question 5

assembled

Answer 5

to bring together

Question 6

city of Agade

Answer 6

the empire’s capital in northern Mesopotamia

Question 7

capital

Answer 7

city that is the center of government

Question 8

tributes

Answer 8

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

Question 9

techniques

Answer 9

a skilled way of doing something

Question 10

invaders

Answer 10

someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted

Question 11

Hammurabi

Answer 11

king of Babylon a small city-state in central Mesopotamia. known for his code of laws, which he wrote from 1792 to 1750 B.C.E

Question 12

code of laws

Answer 12

a collection of written laws and rules, was written on a stele

Question 13

unify

Answer 13

to join together

Question 14

economy

Answer 14

the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants