Ap Empire quiz

Cards (44)

  • sargon I - conquered sumer
  • Akkadian empire is the first empire in the world
  • sargon the first was the first leader of the first empire
  • the sumerians were easy to conquer because they did not have unity
  • sargon the first became sargon the great
  • hammurabi founded babylon
  • hammurabi conquered akkadia
  • hammurabi is known as the "law giver of babylon"
  • hammurabi created the code of hammurabi or kodigo ni hammurabi
  • code of hammurabi
    • 285 laws
    • collection of laws
    • he got the laws by those he conquered
  • religion of babylon:
    • ziggurat
    • polytheism
    • marduk - greatest god of babylon - god of war
  • contribution of babylon:
    • code of laws
    • astronomy
    • zodiac signs
  • most popular law of hammurabi: "mata sa mata;ngipin sa ngipin"
  • akkadian empire used cuneiform
  • tiglath-pileser
    • founder of assyrian empir
  • assyrians are ruthless
  • ashurnasirpal II - one of the most cruel leaders of history
  • ashurbanipal
    • likes to read
    • created the first library in the world
  • "with battle and slaughter, I stormed the city and captured it. 300 warriors"
  • many captives among from among them: burned with fire and many i took as captive
  • ashurnasirpal II tortured people
  • took their fingers, noses, ears, eyes
  • "made one pillar of the leaving and one pillar of the dead; bound their heads to post around the city to show that they hurt."
  • ashurbanipal is the last emperor of assyria
  • chaldean empire
    • second babylonian empire
    • neo/new babylon
    • goal is to revive glory of babylon
    • their capital city is babylon
  • nabopolassar founded the chaldean empire
  • nebuchadnezzar
    • greatest leader of babylon
    • built hanging gardens for his favorite wife amytis
    • "babylonian captivity" - israelites brought as captives in babylon
  • attained golden age - greatest leader/emperor
  • nabonidus is the last emperor of chaldea
  • cyrus the great found a way to go in chaldean empire
  • cyrus dug a hole to drain water, chaldean empire left their door open so they got in. they added "the great" in his name because of this
  • chaldea is a double walled city
  • darius the great/darius the first - divided persian empire into 20 satrapies
  • satrapy/satrapies - province
  • satraps - leader
  • darius III
    • last emperor of persian empire
    • got defeated by alexander the great
  • contribution of persian empire:
    • zoroastrianism
    • system of provincial administration
    • postal service
  • the leaders of assyria
    ashurnasirpal II
    asherbanipal
  • the leaders of chaldean empire:
    nabopolassar
    nebuchadnezzar
    nabonidus
  • leaders of persian empire
    darius the great
    darius III