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Mesopotamian Empires. By: Jacob M. . Sumerian Empire. The Sumerians needed a huge amount of food so they grew barley and wheat along the Tigris and Euphrates River. They had a governing system which was ruled by a king or queen. In all the Sumerian city-states the rulers were men.
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Mesopotamian Empires By: Jacob M.
Sumerian Empire • The Sumerians needed a huge amount of food so they grew barley and wheat along the Tigris and Euphrates River. • They had a governing system which was ruled by a king or queen. • In all the Sumerian city-states the rulers were men. • They created a writing system called cuneiform.
Akkadian Empire • The ruler of the Akkadians was Sargon the Great. • Sargon the Great used to serve in the army of Kish, a city-state in Sumer. • The Sumerians and the Akkadians fought and the Sumerians won. • After Sargon died his empire stood for another 200 years.
Babylonian Empire • The kings of Babylon looked for new ways to govern their empires, so they came up with a system of taxation. • To help maintain the authorities the government made a set of laws. • The set of laws became know as the Hammurabi Code. • Hammurabi based his code of the laws on older collections of Sumerian and Akkadian laws.
Kassites/Hittites • Once the Babylonian Empire collapsed the Kassites took over. • They tried for many years to attack Babylon but they always failed. • The Hittites weakened Babylon after attacking them for their riches. • Once they were weakened the Kassites attacked and finally were successful.
Assyrian • The Assyrians were best known for their skills in warfare. • They learned warfare from their neighbors to the west, the Hittites. • They learned to make iron weapons and chariots. • The Assyrians were among the first to use the lance.
Neo Babylonian Empire • After Babylon was destroyed, the Neo Babylonian Empire took over as New Babylon. • The ruler of the Neo Babylonian Empire was Nebuchadnezzar • The Neo Babylonian also used cuneiform. • The Assyrians had managed to maintain Babylonian loyalty through the Neo-Assyrian period.
Summary • In this chapter I learned that Sargon the Great was the first ruler of Mesopotamia. I also learned that the Assyrians learned warfare from the Hittites. I learned that the Kassites were to weak to attack Babylon, but they finally did. I learned that when Babylon fell the Kassites took over.