Bearded Kings
The Assyrians came into Mesopotamia with this group of people.
Who are the Akkadians?
This Assyrian king famously hunted dolphins and hippos in the Mediterranean.
Who is Tiglath-Pileser?
King Assurbanipal built this to beautify the city of Nineveh.
What is a library?
This group of people loved to hunt.
Who are the Assyrians?
This is how Assyrian warriors often fought.
What is horseback?
This weapon helped the Assyrians to beat cities into submission. It is a heavy object with an iron tip and it tore down walls of cities.
What is a battering ram?
A kind of sculpture where figures are carved so they are higher than the surrounding material.
What is a relief?
another name for a hippo
What is a sea cow?
This is the place that Sennacherib attacked.
What is Jerusalem?
What is Nineveh?
Shalmaneser V conquered this Israelite city.
What is Samaria?
This group of people did not like living under the Assyrians.
Who were the peoples of the Levant?
He led the revolt against Assyria.
Who is Nabopolassar of Babylon?
This was the practice of forcing conquered peoples to leave their homeland.
What is deportation?
The Assyrian god.
Who is Assur?
Nabopolassar of Babylon led the revolt against this country.
What is Assyria?
This city was so completely destroyed that people wondered if it ever existed.
What is Nineveh?
The Assyrians gained the most power under this king.
Who is Assurbanipal?
The homeland of the Assyrians. It is north of the Tigris River.
What is Mesopotamia?
This king built a library in Nineveh.
Who is King Assurbanipal?