DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer to each question. You may look back at your notes to help you.
What was a problem caused by Sumerian city-states’ independence from one another?
The Sumerians were a civilization but not an empire. What feature did the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires have that the Sumerians lacked?
Which of these leaders of empires came first?
The Akkadians used steles to...
Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?
For what is Hammurabi best remembered?
How was the legal system of Babylon more advanced than that of other societies at that time?

The Assyrians use the things on this list mainly to...
For what is Nebuchadnezzar best remembered?
Why did Nebuchadnezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?
A problem that all four Mesopotamian empires had was difficulty in...