3rd grade shining stars
The people of Levant enjoyed living under the Assyrians.
True or False
False
The Arvadites were a small Canaanite tribe.
True or False
True
Assurbanipal was a kind and gentle king.
True or False?
False
This king's soldiers were attacked with a plague.
Who is Sennacherib?
The homeland of the Assyrians. It is located north of the Tigris River.
What is Mesopotamia?
The name that was given to the animal that we now know as a hippo.
What is a sea cow?
A manmade tunnel or channel that carried water into the city.
What is an aqueduct?
A great log tipped with a point of iron.
What is a battering ram?
Assyrian power reached its height under this king.
Who is Assurbanipal?
The city that Shalmaneser V conquered.
What is Samaria?
This is the name if the Assyrian god.
Who is Assur?
A sculpture where figures are carved so they are higher than surrounding material.
What is a relief?
The group of people that went into Mesopotamia with the Assyrians.
Who are the Akkadians?
This Assyrian king hunted dolphins and hippos in the Mediterranean Sea.
Who is Tiglath Pileser?
This is the practice of forcing conquered people to leave their homeland.
What is deportation?
This king built a beautiful library in Nineveh.
Who is Assurbanipal?
Sennacherib attacked this town.
What is Jerusalem?
This man led the revolt against Assyria.
Who is Nabopolassar?
The greatest city and capital of Assyria.
What is Nineveh?
The Assyrian warriors learned how to use this animal in battle.
What is a horse?