Mesopotamian Empires

4. Empire that replaced the Assyrians
7. Area in the south of Mesopotamia conquered by Sargon
10. King who rebuilt Babylon
12. How many hundreds of years did the Kingdom of Akkad last?
13. Assyrian King Ashurbanipal built a library in his capital city of ____________.
14. Large empire that arose 1,000 years after the Babylonian Empire
15. Money collected by a conquering army from the conquered people
17. The Assyrian army's weapons were made of this material, which the Hittite's used in their tools.
18. "An eye for an _________; a tooth for a tooth," runs the summary of the Code of Hammurabi
19. Kingdom in northern Mesopotamia ruled by Sargon

1. Strict code of laws written by this king; posted throughout the Babylonian Empire
2. Grand city built on the Euphrates by Amorites when they conquered Mesopotamia
3. The Chaldeans invented our ________-day week.
5. A group of many different lands controlled by one ruler
6. Babylon's Hanging ________ are one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
8. This empire captured Babylon after the Chaldean Empire became weak after King Nebuchadnezzar's death
9. The brutal Assyrian Army had foot soldiers (infantry), charioteers, and these soldiers on horseback
11. Merchants came to Babylon in traveling groups of camels laden with trade goods.
16. What happened to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh after the Chaldeans and Medes conquered Assyria?