Chapter 3

In Hammurabi's code, punishments generally followed the principal of retaliation, or the idea that one muct

Give an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

The Assyrians had the first large armies who carried weapons made of

Iron

Which leader of the Persian empire expanded it into the largest empire the world had yet seen?

Well-maintained roads and way stations to provide food, shelter, and fresh horses for traveling officials

The first empire in world history was

The Akkadian empire

While the Hyksos attacked the Egyptians from horse-drawn chariots, the Egyptian soldiers were limited to

Donkey carts

Hammurabi is remembered for

Establishing a collection of laws for Mesopotamian society

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that

Everyone accepted him as a ruler

Why did the Egyptians resist Akhenaten's religious reforms?

Hey accepted many gods, and did not like the idea of rejecting or destroying gen to worship only one god

The empire that Sargon established was continued by his grandson ___ but fell less than 100 years after his grandson's death

Naram-Sin