Ap Empire quiz

• 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