Great Leaders
I built a magnificent temple for the Lord
Solomon
Who rode to heaven on a chariot of fire?
Elijiah
Known as the Nazis of the Ancient World
Assyrians
What was the series of wars between Athens and Persia?
The Persian Wars
What was the main capital of the Assyrian Empire?
Nineveh
I conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C.
King Nebuchadnezzar
One of the only Queens of Israel whose body was eaten by dogs, fulfilling Elijah's prophecy
Queen Jezebel
Ruled at the time the Jews were allowed to return to the Jerusalem
The Persian
The name of the war between Athens and Sparta
The Peloponnesian War
What city was hit with a plague in 430B.C. (Pericles died here)
Athens
The king in Judah who repaired the temple and found the law of the Lord (the last good king of Judah)
Josiah
The first king of Judah (2 southern tribes)
Rehoboam
Who led Greece during its Golden Age?
Pericles
Who led the Persian Army in the Battle of Thermopylae?
King Xerxes (Esther's husband)
What region was Alexander the Great from?
What was Alexander the Great's Father's name?
Phillip II
The first king of Israel (the 10 northern tribes)
Jeroboam
Who issued the decree allowing the Jews to return home?
King Cyrus
What was the Assyrian's first tactic in taking a city?
Seige
What city did Solomon build as a port on the Red Sea?
Ezion-geber
Who was Judah's longest reigning (and most evil) king?
Manasseh
The leader of David's Army who Solomon put to death at the beginning of his reign.
Joab
In the 500s B.C., Persia became the center of the vast _____________ Empire.
Achaemenid
Why was the defeat of Persia significant in the Persian Wars?
Kept Persia out of Europe, preserved Greek culture
Name the other major city in the Babylonian Empire other than Babylon?
Ur