Mesopotamian Empires
Assyria Rules the Fertile Cresent
Persia Controls Southwest Asia
Terms & Names
Mixed Bag
100
He is known as the creator of the the first empire.
Who is Sargon?
100
Assyria was located in this part of Mesopotamia.
What is Northern Mesopotamia.
100
This group of people got rich from trading horses and minerals with people in eastern and western Asia.
What are the Persians
100
This policy allowed people to keep their customs and beliefs
What is toleration
100
These two rulers showed the most concern about justice for the people in their empire were...
Who are Cyrus and Darius
200
This empire increased trade, brought peace, shared ideas and customs.
What is the Akkadian Empire?
200
These soldiers were greatly feared because of they were strong and fierce.
What are the Assyrian Army
200
This king ruled the Persian Empire
Who is King Cyrus
200
this is a govenor of a province in he Persian Empire
What is a satrap
200
Which People did the Chaldeans conquer n creating their empire?
Who are the The Assyrians
300
This Empire was ruled by Hammaurabi in 2000 BC.
What is the Babylonian Empire?
300
The Assyrian empire expanded their borders and reached their peak under this ruler.
Who is Ashurbanipal
300
Cyrus the Great was a wise emperor because he ruled his people with a policy of this.
What is a policy of toleration.
300
this was the forced removal of people from their homelands
What is exile
300
This ruler built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to please his wife.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
400
He was known as the Amorite King
Who is Hammurabi
400
These two groups joined forces to bring down the Assyrian empire.
What are the Meedz and the Chaldeans
400
This ruler divided his empire up into 20 provinces.
Who is Darius
400
This stretched across 1,775 miles and were used for sending messages from one end of the empire to the other.
What is the royal road
400
These people were held captive in Babylon for 50 years
Who were the Hebrews
500
This was created to make sure that there was justice for all his people.
What is Hammurabi's Code of Laws
500
This ruler rebuilt Babylon and constructed a giant ziggurat called the "Tower of Babel"
Who is Nebuchadnezzar
500
This idea taken from the Lydians helped encourage business and made it easier to collect taxes.
What are minted coins
500
This was payment for protection
What is a tribute
500
This land lies in what is now modern day Turkey.
What is Anatolia
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