Mesopotamian Warfare: The Sumerians, Akkadians and Babylonians Quiz

1. The Sumerians, Akkadians and Babylonians never fought one another
2. Mesopotamian cities usually went to war for water and land rights
3. Sumer had a standing army of professional soldiers
4. When cities went to war, the citizen armies met on open land.
5. The king of Lagash used to ride to war in a two-horsed chariot
6. Sumerians invented the phalanx formation in battle.
7. Sargon of Akkad created the first empire through diplomacy
8. During Sargon’s 50-year reign, he fought in 43 wars
9. The invention of composite bow gave Sargon’s army a great advantage.
10. Hammurabi always stayed loyal to his alliances