Mesopotamian Flashcards Soup and Salad

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What did city-states put up to mark their borders?
Answer 1
Pillars
When one city-state destroyed another city-state's pillar what did it often lead to?
Answer 2
War
Who was Mesopotamia's first emperor?
Answer 3
Sargon
He maintained his rule by what two things?
Answer 4
Force and Organization
Craft workers used what skiils to create war chariots?
Answer 5
Metalworking and wheelmaking
Hammurabi improved each city-state under his rule by...
Answer 6
Building and keeping dikes
He collected many laws called.....
Answer 7
The Code of Hammurabi
How many laws did the Code of Hammurabi have?
Answer 8
282 laws
Question 9
How long did the Kassites rule Mesopotamia?
400 years
Question 10
What did the Assyrians wanted to have control over in Southwestern Asia?
Trade Routes
Question 11
The Assyrians began conquering who so they can gain fertile land?
Their neighbors
Who lead the Israelites out of Egypt?
Answer 12
Moses
After the Israelites returned from Egypt they set up a country called...
Answer 13
Israel
Who was the first king of Israel?
Answer 14
Saul
The second king, David built what?
Answer 15
The capital city Jerusalem