Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 6, Lesson 3, The First Empires (pp. 168-173)
I. Sargon of Akkad
B. The empire grew weaker as the conquered city-states continued to struggle for
independence, and invaders from outside the empire attacked.
II. Rival Empires
B. Hammurabi created a organized set of laws called a code and carved it on stones
for all to see.
C. Mesopotamia continued to be invaded and conquered by other people after Hammurabi's death.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Sargon created the world's first empire - a nation and the city-states
and nations it has conquered, under one ruler.
A. Assyria and Babylonia struggled for control of Mesopotamia, until the Babylonian king,
Hammurabi, conquered it all.
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