Mesopotamia Content Review

Sargon the Great

• Was the leader of Akkad who conquered the Sumerian city-states

• Was the leader of Babylon

Who is the Mesopotamian leader that created the first written code of laws?

• Sargon the Great

• Cyrus the Great

• Hammurabi

• Cambyses II

What is Neo-Babylon known for?

• Location of the Hanging Gardens

• Babylonian Captivity

• First to use coined money

• Royal Road

Who had the Royal Road built?

• Darius I

• Cambyses II

• Cyrus II

• Xerxes

Which ruler divided the empire into provinces ruled by a governor and used spies to keep them all in line?

• Xerxes

• Cyrus II

• Sargon the Great

• Hammurabi

• Darius I

Which leader conquered Babylon, Syria, Canaan, Lydia and Greek City-States in Asia Minor?

• Darius I

• Cyrus II

• Cambyses II

• Xerxes

Which ruler depleted the Persian treasury?

• Xerxes

• Darius I

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

What is the Babylonian Captivity?

• The period of time when Israelites were enslaved in Babylon

• The period of time when a Babylonians had to pay taxes

• The period of time when Darius I introduced the use of coins

What did King Nebuchadnezzar do?

• Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Rebulit Temples, Canals and Palaces

• Depleted the treasury

• Went to war with the Greeks

• Destroyed the temple in Jerusalem and exiled Israelites

Satraps were...

• Slaves

• Governors

• Kings

• Merchants