Download Empires of Meso Sequening Frame Activity key

ANSWER KEY
The Development of Empires in Mesopotamia:
A Sequencing Frame
Directions:
Using the information from the chart below, create a Sequencing Frame that shows the early
development of empires in Mesopotamia. The items in the “EVENTS” column will be the events
on the frame; you must put those in the correct order. Then, match the correct DETAILS with the
corresponding event and put them on the frame.
EVENTS
DETAILS
5 New Assyrians
take over
Mesopotamia
7 Ended “Babylonian
Captivity”
5 Looted surrounding
areas
4Power centered in
the south in Babylon
1 City-states
start to develop
in Sumer
1Lugal-gal took over
rule from priests
7 Cyrus the Great was
welcomed by
Babylonian people
5 Murdered,
tortured and
enslaved enemies
6 NeoBabylonians
conquer New
Assyrians
6 Great traders and
conquerors
2 Empire fell b/c of
outside invaders
7 Persian began in
modern Iran
4 Babylonians
conquer the
Assyrians
2 Unstable empire
b/c of rebellious citystates
1 More powerful citystates take over others
6 Known as both
conquerors AND
traders
3 Assyrians take
over
Mesopotamia
3 Led by ShamshiAdad
4 Wrote down the 1st
set of laws
2 Sargon creates the
first empire
2 Akkadians
conquer
Sumerian citystates
6 Created Hanging
Gardens
5 Conquered Persian
Gulf to Egypt; even
Turkey
3Center of power in
northern Meso: citystate of Assur
4 Hammurabi was
leader
6 Nebuchadnezzar
1 1st form of writing
7 Persian Empire
expands into
Mesopotamia
3 Powerful military
with efficient gov’t
and strong treaties
5 Tiglath-Pilesar III
was a leader
Below are “thought bubbles” – connect to a person
Neb Started
“Babylonian
Captivity”
Ham He had tax
collectors, judges &
governors
Neb Destroyed
Solomon’s Temple
This is the number of details that go with each event; this can be written on
the board to help the students through the process:
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