Bold Yellow Words
A wheeled vehicle pulled by two to four horses, where the rider is standing
the Chariot
Name means 'true king', founded the Akkadian empire and his own city, created a postal system, and conquered all of Mesopotamia.
Sargon the Great
The length of time Sargon the Great ruled for (and Naram-Sin allegedly)
56 years
Invented by Sargon the Great, a system used to send messages
Postal System
The city founded by Sargon the Great
Akkad
A soldier who fights on horseback
Cavalry
Grandson of Sargon the Great, crushed many revolts throughout the Empire, expanded trade and made more money, and is sometimes accused of the fall of the Akkadian Empire.
Naram Sin
First Rise of the Assyrian Empire
2154 BCE – 1781 BCE
A structure used to get over walls and crush enemy lines
Siege Tower
What was something new that Assyrian kings did that hadn't been done before, instead of watching the battle from afar.
King's fought in battle
An army is one made up of professional soldiers whose only job is to fight
The daughter of Sargon the Great, who was appointed as a high priestess, was a poet and one of the first authors of the ancient world.
Enheduanna
The dates of the Akkadian Empire
2300 BCE - 2100 BCE
Instead of copper and tin, Assyrians used this metal to make weapons
Iron
The two main armor used by Assyrian soldiers
Shield and Helmet
The third, final, and strongest rise of the Assyrian Empire.
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Best King during the second rise of the Assyrian Empire and expanded Assyria to Egypt.
Tiglath-Piliser I
The Third Rise of the Assyrian Empire (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
744 BCE to 612 BCE
Long poles used to knock down doors and gates
Battering Rams
At the start of the Assyrian and Babylonian Empires, who controlled the north and who controlled the south of Mesopotamia.
Babylon in the south, Assyria in the north
A wild and barbaric tribe that swept across southern and central Mesopotamia, and caused the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
The Gutians
The final king of the Akkadian empire who lost to the Gutians
Shar-Kali-Shari
The Second Rise of the Assyrian Empire
1360 BCE to 1074 BCE
Types of people Assyrian Kings brought with them into battle.
Family, Advisors, Entertainment, etc.
Torture and Kill, Slavery, Deport