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Who's code of law became a model for later rulers. The code set up the rule of justice for all. Known as eye for an eye justice system.
a) Ashurbanipal
b) Cyrus
c) Hammurabi
d) Sargon

Which lands were a part of the ancient empires?
a) Mesopotamia
b) Assyria
c) Persia
d) all of the above

Who was the ruler of the first empire in ancient History
a) Sargon
b) Hammurabi
c) Ashurbanipal
d) Darius

How did Assyrians treat people who had different religious beliefs and ways of life?
a) let conquered people do what they wanted as long as they paid tribute
b) cruel to the people who had different religious beliefs and ways of life.
c)
d)

Why did Cyrus used a policy of toleration to rule in his empire?
a) He was a push over and wanted people to like him.
b) He knew people would fear him, so he pretended to be nice.
c) to keep the people happy so that they would not rebel.
d)

Which powerful rulers established policies to enable better control of their empires?
a) Hammurabi, Cyrus, Darius
b) Hammurabi, Darius, Ashurbanipal
c) Ashurbanipal, Sargon, Nebuchadnezzar
d) Nebuchadnezzar, Hammurabi, Cyrus

Which leader set up provinces, used satrap and created the Royal Road?
a) Nebuchadnezzar
b) Xerses
c) Cyrus
d) Darius

What was the Royal Road?
a) A road used for sending communication across the empire.
b) A road that helped with trade / travel
c) A, B, and D
d) A road that helped to spread ideas, religion and culture across the empire

Which empire was the largest size wise?
a) Persian
b) Babylonian
c) Assyrian
d) Akkadian

The practice of forcing people to move from their homeland to another place far away is known as. . .
a) dictatorship
b) empire
c) exile
d) migration

The Assyrian Empire was taken over by. . .
a) Medes and Chaldeans
b) Persians and Medes
c) Chaldeans and Babylonians
d) Medes and Babylonians

Assyria reached the peak of its power under this leader. This leader collected writings from around the empire.
a) Cyrus
b) Nebuchadnezzar II
c) Xeres
d) Ashurbanipal

Ruler from Persia who conquered the Chaldean Empire after a series of weak rulers.
a) Ashurbanipal
b) Cyrus
c) Xeres
d) Nebuchadnezzar II

Ruler of the Chaldean Empire who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
a) Cyrus
b) Darius
c) Xeres
d) Nebuchadnezzar II

What were military inventions / tactics the Assyrians used to create their empire?
a) digging tunnels, climbing ladders over walls, battering rams
b) use of iron tip spears and swords
c) cannon balls
d) A and B

An example of exile was when the Chaldeans. . .
a) burned the city of Jerusalem and Nineveh to the ground
b) joined with the Medes to defeat the Assyrians.
c) made the Hebrews leave and held them captive in Babylon for 50 years.
d) All of the above

Capital city of the Babylonian Empire
a) Nineveh
b) Agade
c) Jerusalem
d) Babylon

What is the correct order of empires?
a) Babylonian, Assyrian, Akkadian, Chaldean / New Babylonian, Persian
b) Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean / New Babylonian, Persian
c) Akkadian, Babylonian, Chaldean / New Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian
d) None of the empires listed are in the correct order.

What is the correct order of the leaders in the Early Empires?
a) Sargon, Hammurabi, Cyrus, Xerxes, Ashurbanipal, Nebuchadnezzar
b) Nebuchadnezzar, Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, Xerxes, Darius, Cyrus
c) Ashurbanipal, Sargon, Hammurabi, Cyrus, Xerxes, Darius, Nebuchadnezzar
d) Sargon, Hammurabi, Ashurbanipal, Nebuchadnezzar, Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes

What is it called when many different people and lands are brought together under the control of one ruler
a) emperor
b) exile
c) code of law
d) empire

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