Akkadians+and+Babylonians

__**Akkadians:**__
• Sargon was a king who founded the first great empire in history • Sargon's conquests united all of the city-states in Mesopotamia • Greatest empire until Babylon
 * Major Accomplishments/ Contributions:**

•Stretched from Lebanon on the Mediterranean coast, up into Turkey and south to the Persian Gulf •Survived for 60 years •Sargon was first Kings to maintaian permanent army
 * What made it Unique:**

• Sargon- first to build an empire in Mesopotamia • Ebla fought for control of the Euphrates river trade, they were unsuccessful • Sagon's Grandson captured Ebla, burned the royal archives • 210 B.C. the empire fell to pieces
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__**Babylonians:**__
• Hammurabi gained control over the whole Mesopotamian region [| • Hammurabi's code law]- consisted of 282 sections  dealing with most aspects of everyday life  brought unity to city-states in Mesopotamia  harsh law code based on "an eye for an eye"  oldest set of laws  The Code Law of Hammurabi is preserved on seven-foot-tall diorite stele showing Hammurabi receiving the laws from Shamash (God of Justice)
 * Major Accomplishments/ Contributions:**

• Babylon had laws- the code clearly stated violations, and the punishment • The land was very fertile even though it was in the desert (irrigation was very good) • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World • Were built to make king Nebuchadnezzar's wife not as homesick • Also had a [|Babylonian calender] with 12 complete cycles of the moon
 * What made it Unique:**