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Babylon
Hittites and Kassites
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Phoenicia
100
King Hammurabi
Who was the king of Babylon?
100
Chariots
What allowed the Hittite soldiers to move quickly around a battlefield and fire arrows at their enemy.
100
Iron weapons, chariots, and good organization.
What military advantages did the Assyrians have?
100
Nebuchadnezzar
Who was the most famous Chaldean King?
100
Along the Mediterranean Sea.
Where was Phoenicia located?
200
He expanded his power through military victories.
How did Hammurabi conquer Mesopotamia?
200
Mastery of Ironworking
What allowed the Hittites to make the strongest weapons of their time?
200
Kings ruled through local leaders who enforced laws and collected taxes. They punished resistance to their rule very harshly.
How did the Assyrians rule their empire?
200
The Hanging Gardens
What was the grand palace of Nebuchadnezzar famous for?
200
Mountains and hostile neighbors.
What prevented the Phoenicians from trading by land and having to create a successful sea trade?
300
A Monarch
What is a ruler of a kingdom or empire called?
300
Asia Minor
Where did The Hittites build a strong Kingdom?
300
Northern Mesopotamia
Where were the Assyrians from?
300
They studied astronomy, weather events, geometry, and economics, and they created a calendar.
What advances did the Chaldeans make?
300
Cedar Trees
Name the main resource the Phoenicians had that was valuable for trading?
400
Hammurabi's Code
What was the name of a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life?
400
Their King was assassinated and the kingdom was overrun by the Kassites.
Why did the Hittite Kingdom come to an end?
400
Monarch
A powerful ruler of a kingdom or empire is known as a what?
400
The Sumerians
What culture did the Chaldeans admire?
400
They developed one of the world's first Alphabets.
What was the Phoenicians most important achievement?
500
Hammurabi ruled for 42 years.
How many years did Hammurabi rule?
500
400 years
How long did the Kassites rule?
500
Babylon
Hittite forces captured what around 1595 BC?
500
The Syrian desert.
Where were the Chaldeans from?
500
Lumber, Silverwork, ivory carvings, slaves, glass objects, and purple cloth.
What trade goods were the Phoenicians known for?