After Sumer: Akkad, Assyria and the Babylonian empires
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Two Babylonian empires
Topic First empire Neo-Babylonian empire Capital Babylon Babylon Began 1894 BCE, under Sumuabum 626 BCE, under Nabopolassar Best-known king Hammurabi, about 1792 to 1750 BCE Nebuchadnezzar II, 605 to 561 BCE What followed a Hittite raid in 1595 BCE, then Kassite rule Cyrus II of Persia took Babylon in 539 BCE Below the chart: more than a thousand years separate the reigns of Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II.
Esme reads both Babylon charts. Which was true of both Babylonian empires?
- Persia ended each one, in the year 539 BCE
- Babylon was the capital of each one
- Hammurabi ruled each one, one after the other
- Each one began in 626 BCE
Which came first, the Hittite raid or Nabopolassar's kingdom, Kira asks?
- The Hittite raid, in 1595 BCE
- Both happened in the same year
- Nabopolassar's kingdom, in 626 BCE
- Cyrus II's capture of Babylon, in 539 BCE
Babylon's first empire
Topic What we know Beginning in 1894 BCE the Amorite king Sumuabum made Babylon the center of a small kingdom Hammurabi the sixth king (ruled about 1792 to 1750 BCE) made Babylon the capital of all southern Mesopotamia and part of Assyria How Hammurabi ruled his letters show him handling daily details himself; he did not set up an effective system of officials Water much of his work was about controlling the Euphrates waters, which farming depended on After Hammurabi the kingdom weakened quickly; after a Hittite raid in 1595 BCE, the Kassites took control Below the chart: one historian suggests the lack of officials may be one reason the kingdom weakened after Hammurabi.
Why might Hammurabi's kingdom have weakened after him, by the chart and note, Luz asks?
- It lacked effective officials, and a Hittite raid followed
- His letters were lost, so no one could govern
- Cyrus II of Persia took Babylon from his son
- It lacked effective officials, and no other cause played a part
Why did Hammurabi work to control the Euphrates, by the chart, Milo asks?
- Farming depended on its waters
- It was the border with Media
- His library stood on its bank
- It was the main road from Babylon to Persia
The Neo-Babylonian empire
Topic What we know Beginning in 626 BCE the Chaldean leader Nabopolassar made Babylon the capital of a kingdom Nebuchadnezzar II ruled 605 to 561 BCE and made the kingdom a major imperial power Rebuilding he built walls and a moat, paved the Processional Way with limestone, rebuilt temples and cut canals Hanging gardens a story says he made gardens for his wife from Media; no such structure has been positively identified The end in 539 BCE Cyrus II of Persia took Babylon almost without resistance Below the chart: under Persian rule, Babylon kept most of its institutions.
Which explanation of 539 BCE stays with the chart, Noah asks?
- The Kassites took the city after a Hittite raid
- Cyrus II of Persia took the city almost without resistance
- Cyrus II turned the river aside, as the chart states
- Cyrus II of Persia took the city because its gardens had collapsed
Which claim about the hanging gardens fits the chart, Pia asks?
- Archaeologists found them inside Babylon's walls
- A story tells of them, but none has been positively identified
- Hammurabi had them built beside the Euphrates
- They show Babylon was the largest and richest city on Earth then
Under Persia, Babylon kept most of its institutions. Which claim fits, Tala asks?
- Persian rule left much of Babylon's way of running things in place
- Persia wiped out Babylon's ways in 539 BCE
- Babylon kept its own kings on the throne
- Babylon went on to rule the whole Persian empire after 539 BCE
Nebuchadnezzar II's reign ended in 561 BCE after 44 years. When did it begin, Zee asks?
- 517 BCE
- 626 BCE
- 605 BCE
- 539 BCE
Below the chart: one historian suggests the lack of officials may be one reason the kingdom weakened after Hammurabi. Hammurabi ruled about 42 years, and his reign ended about 1750 BCE. When did it begin, Ari asks?
- About 1708 BCE
- About 1894 BCE
- About 1595 BCE
- About 1792 BCE
Below the chart: under Persian rule, Babylon kept most of its institutions. Cyrus II took Babylon 87 years after Nabopolassar made it a capital in 626 BCE. Which year checks out, Bo asks?
- 713 BCE
- 1595 BCE
- 539 BCE
- 561 BCE