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Chapter 4 – Early Empires – Graphic organizer
Empire
Akkadian
Empire
Approx.
2350 – 2150 BC
Dates
Leaders
Sargon
first
empire in
Important
world history
details
- Sargon ruled
over lands that
stretched
through the
Fertile Crescent
- capital city was
Agade
- people shared
the Akkadian
system of writing
- fell apart
because of
attacks by
outside people
and fighting that
took place
among citystates within the
empire
Babylonian
Empire
Assyrian
Empire
1792 – 1750 BC
850 – 650 BC
Hammurabi
- Amorite King
Hammurabi took
control
- established a Code
of Law that had 282
laws to help bring
justice for ALL
people.
Laws posted on
pillars.
Persian
Empire
550 – 486 BC
Ashurbanipal
Nebuchadnezzar II
Cyrus & Darius
- Assyria was located in
northern Mesopotamia
- Babylon was capital
city
- Cyrus ruled with a policy
of toleration
- Nebuchadnezzar
drove the Egyptians
out of Syria and
captured trading
cities on the coast of
the Mediterranean.
- Cyrus allowed conquered
people to keep their
customs and beliefs
- used a “mighty military
machine” and had
- changed capital city
advanced weapons,
of empire to Babylon
tools . and techniques to
help control
- stretched across
neighboring lands.
Mesopotamia and
other parts of the
- cruel to capture people
Fertile Crescent
- controlled most of the
Fertile Crescent.
- Hammurabi
appointed governors
to help control the
lands, people
collected taxes, and
judges helped keep
order
Chaldean
(New Babylonian )
Empire
605 – 592 BC
- chose a governor or
native king from each
land to rule
- provided an army to
protect all lands.
- required people to pay
tribute in exchange for
army protection.
- the enemies of the
Assyrians, the Medes
and Chaldeans, joined
together to revolt and
defeat the Assyrians.
- When the Hebrews
rebelled against the
Chaldeans,
Nebuchadnezzar
seized their capital
city of Jerusalem and
held the Hebrews
captive in Babylon for
50 years.
- Ishtar Gate, Tower
of Babel, Hanging
gardens of Babylon
- Cyrus collected tribute
- Cyrus was a peaceful
ruler
- Darius expanded the
empire as far east as India
- Darius built the Royal
Road to help unite the
empire (messages, trade,
military)
- Darius set up a code of
laws based on
Hammurabi’s model
- Darius used the idea of
minted coins from the
people he conquered