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4.1 Mesopotamian Empires

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    Ancient Mesopotamia
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  • Quiz Question: What was Hammurabi's Code mainly intended to bring to people living in the Babylonian Empire?
    Justice
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  • Quiz Question: Who was the powerful king in 1972 B.C. that began a long and successful rule of the Babylonian Empire?
    Hammurabi
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  • Quiz Question: What is a person who rules an empire called?
    Emperor
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  • Quiz Question: The world's first ________________ was established by King Sargon of Akkad about 2350 B.C.
    Empire
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  • Essay Question: What did Hammurabi do to help him control the land and keep order?
    Hammurabi appointed governors to to help him control the land and keep order.
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  • Essay Question: How did Hammurabi collect taxes?
    Hammurabi sent people out to collect taxes.
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  • Essay Question: What did Hammurabi watch over?
    He watched over agriculture, irrigation, and trade.
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  • Who controlled Mesopotamia?
    Sargon
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  • How do empires change the lives of people who live in them?
    Their lands may be more peaceful and goods more plentiful, and ideas and customs are shared with others.
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  • Name one empire that ruled the Fertile Crescent.
    The Akkadian Empire. The Babylonian Empire.
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  • Essay Question: How did Hammurabi control the huge empire?
    Hammurabi used governors to help him control the lands, sent out people to collect tax money, and appointed judges to help keep order.
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  • Why did Hammurabi need other people to help him control the lands and keep order?
    The Babylonian Empire extended across too large of an area for him to control on his own.
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  • What eventually happened to the Akkadian Empire?
    It fell apart due to attacks from outside and fighting among the city-states within the empire.
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  • Terms & Names: What is an "empire"?
    An empire brings together man different peoples and lands under the control of one ruler.
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  • Terms & Names: What is an "emperor"?
    A person who rules an empire.
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  • Terms & Names: What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
    A region that stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
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