1. ___________________ E m pi r e
How did the Akkadians construct their capital city Agade?
How long did the Akkadian Empire last? 
Why did it fall?
Military achievement 
Cultural achievement
Created the world's first empire  (                           
                                  )  
using ___________  ____________
Important because it ___________________________   
Steles are ____________________
_________________
They were used to ______________
______________________________

2. Political Achievement
___________________     E m pi r e 
What rights did slaves and women have under Babylonian law?
Political Achievement
Economic Achievement
Location??? _______________________
__________________________________
Developed Babylon as a center for __________.  
___________and _________ for ____________and ___________________
Hammurabi’s Code >>>> _______________________________________
First code of laws to ______________________________________
Everyone now knows their ________
and _________________________

3. ___________________ E m pi r e
 What was the capital city of Assyria?
What is an aqueduct?
How long did the Assyrian Empire last?
Why did it fall?
Military Achievement
Cultural Achievement
new weapons such as the ______________ and _____________
New war strategies, especially ___________ ____________ to create and expand a great empire
2 D sculptures called_________________
 Amazingly realistic, they often depicted scenes of the _______________________ __________________________________ __________________________________

4. Akkadian Empire
Babylonian Empire

5. Neo-Babylonian
Empire
Assyrian
Empire

6. ___________________ E m pi r e
How long did the Neo-Babylonian
 Empire last?
 Why did it fall?
Military Achievement
Cultural Achievement
Built the _________________ _________________________
one of the ____________________________________________________
Built _________ ________
and a _________around ___________________ kept Babylonians safe