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Vocabulary
The Assyrians/Why Were the Assyrians So Strong
A Well Organized Government/Life in Assyria
The Chaldeans
The City of Babylon/Why Did the Empire Fall
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political districts
What are provinces
100
The Assyrian army was well organized. The soldiers used these tweapons to help them fight. You must name two.
What is bows and arrows, spears and daggers, or chariot riders and soldiers on horseback.
100
Assyrian kings had to be ___________to rule their large empire.
What is strong.
100
Most of the Chaldeans were descendants of the ______________people who made up Hammurabi's empier 1,200 years ago.
What is the Babylonians.
100
Outside the center of Babylon stood _______________and _________________.
What is marketplaces and houses.
200
Groups of traveling merchants.
What is caravans.
200
They were the first large army to use these types of weapons.
What is iron weapons.
200
By about __________B.C the empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to the East of Egypt's Nile River in the west.
What is 650 B.C.
200
They rebuilt the city as the _____________of their empire.
What is glorious center.
200
Artisans made _____________, _____________, _____________and ______________.
What is pottery, cloth, baskets and jewelry.
300
People who study the heavenly bodes, mapped the stars, the planets and phases of the moon.
What are astronomers.
300
For years iron had been used for tools but was too soft to serve as a material for weapons. Then, these people developed a way of making iron stronger.
Who are the Hittites.
300
The capital of Assyria was at ______________on the Tigris River.
What is Nineveh.
300
Babylon quicly became the world's __________and ______________city.
What is largest and richest.
300
The artisans sold their wares to passing groups of traveling merchants called _____________.
What is caravans.
400
The king that controlled all of Mesopotamia from 605 B.C. to 562 B.C.
Who is Nebuchadnezzar.
400
The Hittites were able to make iron stronger by doing these three things.
What is heating iron ore, hammering it and rapidly cooling it.
400
Terraced garden which showcased large trees, masses of flowering vines, and other beautiful plants.
What the Hanging Gardens.
400
It was surrounded by a ________________ so wide that tow chariots could pass on the road on top.
What is brick wall.
400
Because Babylon was located on a major trade route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea, it became rich from _________________.
What is trade.
500
The empire north of Mesopotamia by the Tigris River
What is Assyria.
500
The Assyrians were ferocious warriors. To attack cities they did these things. (you must name four things they did)
What is tunnel under walls, climbed over them on ladders, loaded tree trucks on moveable platforms or used battering rams to knock down city gates. Once the city was captured they also set fire to its buildings and carried away people and goods.
500
The kings divided the empire into ____________. Then they chose officials to __________and ___________.
What is provinces, collect taxes, and enforce laws.
500
There were three main attractions in Babylon they were the _______________, _______________and the ________________.
What are the ziggurats, palaces, and the Hanging Gardens.
500
As time past the Chaldeans began to lose their power. They found it hard to control the people they had conquored. in __________B.C the __________from the mountains to the northeast captured Babylon.
539 B.C, the Persians.