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CHSbhuntch3sec2/3
Sections 2 & 3 for chap.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year did Sumerian power fade? | 2400BC |
| Where was Sargon I from? | Akkad |
| Where else did Sargon I rule? | Sumer |
| What was the new language people used? | Akkadian |
| What was Sumerian language used for? | Religious purposes |
| What did they write in? | Sumerian cuneiform |
| How many years did Sargon I rule? | About 50 years |
| In 1800BC what people entered the Tigris and Euphrates valley and form cities of their own? | Amorites |
| Who was Babylon ruled by? | Hammurabi |
| What kind of names did they give the Akkadian gods? | Babylonian names |
| Where did Hammurabi extend his rule too? | The Mediterranean Sea |
| Why did Hammurabi take parts of city-states codes? | To make on big code for all to live by |
| Who did Hammurabi appoint? | Royal judges |
| What were their punishments? | They ranged from fines to death |
| What was Hammurabi s rule known as? | The Golden Age of Babylon |
| What inventions were created throughout the years of Mesopotamia? | The wheel, the plow, the calendar, and the clock. |
| How did they base the calendar? | By the moon cycle |
| How did the clock run? | By water |
| Sumerians developed the first real civilization, what was that known as? | The cradle of civilization |