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First used in the Assyrian Army: Soldiers on horseback
What is cavalry?
Akkadian King who united Mesopotamia under one ruler, founded the city of Akkad, and ruled for 56 years.
Who is Sargon the Great?
The new kind of weapons the Assyrians invented that were so much better than the copper or tin weapons of their enemies.
What are iron weapons?
The dates of the Akkadian Empire
What is 2300 - 2100 BCE
The first empire
What are the Akkadians
Invented by the Sumerians but used in war by the Assyrians: wheeled vehicles pulled by 2-4 horses
What is a chariot?
Akkadian King who was the grandson of Sargon the Great, ruled for 56 years, expanded trade in all directions, and is sometimes blamed for the fall of the Akkadian Empire.
Who is Naram-Sin?
The system invented by Sargon that we still use today to communicate with people.
What is the postal system?
The year Sargon the Great came to power
What is 2300 BCE?
The tribe that the Akkadian Empire fell to
What are the Gutians?
The final and strongest rise of the Assyrian Empire
What is the Neo-Assyrian Empire
The king during the peak of the first rise of the Assyrian Empire
One of the deadly weapons invented by the Assyrians which was used to knock down doors and gates.
What is a battering ram?
The dates of the first rise of the Assyrian Empire
What is 2154 - 1781 BCE
At the beginning of the Assyrian Empire and the Babylonian Empire, Mesopotamia was split into north and south. Who had the north and who had the south?
What is the Assyrians had the north and the Babylonians had the south?
An army made up of professional soldiers whose only job is to fight
What is a standing army?
The King during the peak of the second rise of the Assyrian Empire
Who is King Tiglath-Pileser I?
The wheeled vehicles pulled by 2-4 horses that the Assyrians made for war. (Didn't technically invent)
What is the chariot?
The dates of the second rise of the Assyrian Empire
What is 1360 - 1074 BCE
Things built along the road so that the Assyrian army always had food, drink, and supplies
What are food stores
Akkadian King whose name means "true king"
Who is Sargon the Great
A violent but successful Neo-Assyrian King who was incredibly violent whose quote we looked at in class.
Who is King Sennacherib?
Giant moving towers that would break down or go over walls and allowed the Assyrians to conquer so many places.
What are siege towers?
The dates of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
What is 744 - 612 BCE
TRUE OR FALSE: The Assyrians were a peaceful group of people who were super fair to everyone and never murdered anyone.
FALSE