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Mesopotamian Empires
Question | Answer |
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a pipe or channel that brings water from distant places | aqueduct |
a city that is the center of government | capital |
a large territory or group of many territories under one ruler | empire |
one who studies the stars and planets | astronomer |
a forced payment made by conquered peoples to their new group | tribute |
Who ruled the Akkadian Empire? | Sargon |
Who wrote the legal code for the Babylonians? | Hammurabi |
Who used horses, battering rams and Iron weapons to create a successful military? | Assyrians |
Who invented the seven day week? | Neo-Babylonians |
Who created two dimensional sculptures,created aqueducts and iron weapons? | Assyrians |
Why were Hammurabi's laws so important? | First code to be written down and applied to everyone |
What is a strategy Sargon used to conquer the Sumerian city-states? | Used a tight formation with shields in the front and spears in the back |
Akkadians were well known for.... | 3-D sculptures called steles |
What problem did all empires share? | Difficulty in controlling a large territory once they created the empire |
Which empire's capital became a center for trade? | Babylonians |