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Maintaining Order in
Mesopotamia
The Akkadian Empire
• Sumer was made up of independent
______________-_______________
• Around 2300 B.C. the _______________
conquered all of Mesopotamia
• Led by a great king named _____________
• Created world’s first ____________
(many different lands under one
ruler)
• Sargon used military skills to gain
territory
The Babylonian Empire
• Eventually, the ______________
Empire fell to invaders
• Once again, Sumer was made up
of city-states
• _________________, king of
________________conquered
and reunited all of Mesopotamia
(around 1792 B.C.)
Hammurabi’s ____________
• Hammurabi was best known for his code of
_____________
• Used to ______________his empire and
preserve _____________
• Claimed the gods told him to create laws
that applied to everyone in the empire
• Written on a stele and placed in the temple
for everyone to see