1. Name the first great conqueror known to history who led the Akkadians to overrun the Sumerians.

Answer: Sargon


2. Name the great king of the Amorites who made Babylon his capital and created a famous code of laws.

Answer: Hammurabi


3. Which group of people divided the circle into 360 degrees and the hour into 60 minutes?

Answer: Babylonians


4. Name this last important capital of Assyria which fell in 612 B.C.

Answer: Ninevah


5. Which group captured Babylon in 539 B.C.?

Answer: Persians