Which were achievements of the Chaldean Empire? Abu Simbel; knowledge of medicine; Code of Hammurabi transportation infrastructure; Nineveh; knowledge of time-keeping Ishtar Gate; Zoroastrianism; invention of iron Hanging Gardens of Babylon; Ishtar Gate; precise observations of the stars

What did an abundant supply of slaves and the wealth from tribute, plunder, and trade allow Egyptian pharaohs and other rulers to do?

conquer new territory in regions far from their empires

build huge monuments and temples and develop infrastructure

develop new types of art and architecture

create large armies to defend the borders of their empires

Why did the Hittites and others migrate from central Asia to Mesopotamia?

They needed more land for growing populations.

The Persian army drove them out.

Climate change brought a mini ice age to Asia.

They were enlarging their empire.


How did Sargon raise money to pay his army and buy the loyalty of his supporters?

through the sale of iron to other empires

through donations from the people he conquered

by controlling the system of irrigation canals

by controlling trade routes and taxing merchants