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SS 6
Mesopotamia cont.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| how long did Sargons rule last | 56 years until about 2279 B.C. |
| what ended Sargon's rule | the city-states rebelled against his empire |
| how long passed before another empire ruled Mesopotamia | 500 years |
| what happened during the years without an empire in Mesopotamia | a group of people from the Syrian desert moved into northern Mesopotamia and created a small kingdom centered around a city-state coal Babylon |
| Hammurabi | Babyons king began to gain control over the old city-state of Sumer |
| when did Hammurabi began to gain control | 1800 B.C |
| what did Hammurabi and the Babylonians do | Damned key parts of the Euphrates |
| what did damming the key parts of Euphrates do | cut off the flow of water or send terrible floods downstream |
| besides putting up damns what else did Hammurabi do | his armies attacked the weakened Sumerians, and won control of the city-states around Babylon |
| Hammurabi created what | a huge babylonian empire |
| what was the babylonian empire like under the rule of Hammurabi | rich and powerful, shipments of silver, copper, timber, and wine poured into Babylonia |
| who traded the goods with Babylonia | was is known today as Turkey, Syria and Iran |
| what did babylonia trade | grains and fruits |
| what did servants float down to Babylonia | ice to refrigerate food and drink |
| under Hammurabi where was the center of power in Mesopotamia | north in Babylon |
| what kind of writing did Babylonians use | cuneiform |
| why where dictionaries created | so Babylonians could adopt the Sumerian culture and language |
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