How did Hammurabi make sure that there was plenty of food for Babylonia?

kept the irrigation systems working properly

How did the Akkadians change Sumer?

conquered the independent city-states and united them

How did Assyrian kings relate to Assyrian gods?

The kings were required to obey the gods

What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states’ independence from one another?

They could not defend themselves against stronger groups.

What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?

One government ruled several groups.

Which is the proper sequence of empires that ruled Mesopotamia?

Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian

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Ch 6 The Four Empires of Mesopotamia

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1
What is the best title for this diagram?
Babylonian Inventions
Babylonian Trade
Babylonian Arts
Babylonian Products
2
How did Hammurabi make sure that there was plenty of food for Babylonia?
imported food through a complex trade network.
insisted that all adults work as farmers
forced people to give up their food for the Babylonians
kept the irrigation systems working properly
3
How did the Akkadians change Sumer?
substituted their own writing system for Sumerian cuneiform
banned the Sumerian religion and all religious practices
conquered the independent city-states and united them
destroyed the Sumerian irrigation system
4
A problem that all four Mesopotamian empires had was difficulty in
choosing strong leaders
controlling such a large area
keeping track of their history
trading with other empires
5
Who conquered the land of the Israelites and took many Israelites to Babylon as captives?
Hammurabi
Nebuchadrezzar
Sargon
Marduk
6
Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?
military strategy
complex technology
religious teachings
economic wealth
7
How did Assyrian kings relate to Assyrian gods?
Assyrians thought the kings created the gods
The kings were required to obey the gods
Assyrians believed the kings were gods
The kings and the gods were considered to be equals.
8
Which city was the capital of the Assyrian Empire?
Ur
Ninevah
Agad
Babylon
9
Unlike in most ancient societies, Babylonian women could
rule the empire
serve in the army
choose their husbands
own property
10
What was the purpose of Assyrian aqueducts?
to raise crops in the dry soil
to let boats pass between rivers
to protect the palace from attack
to bring water to the city
11
What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states’ independence from one another?
They had very few different natural resources available.
They were unable to trade crops with one another
They did not cooperate to build irrigation systems.
They could not defend themselves against stronger groups.
12
What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?
Rulers claimed to get power from the gods.
One government ruled several groups.
Public works such as irrigation were organized
Many beautiful works of art were produced.
13
Which is the proper sequence of empires that ruled Mesopotamia?
Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian
Assyrian, Akkadian, Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian, Akkadian, Assyrian

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