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Maintaining Order in Mesopotamia
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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
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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.)
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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