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