The Old Babylonian Empire
First Empire to rule the Middle East after Sumer:
Babylon
The Hittites are noted for being the first people to use ___ extensively
Iron
Assyria's first great monarch who seized Babylonia and established the Assyrian Empire:
Tiglathpileser I
The terraced roof gardens are known as the:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Was called ''my sheperd'' and ''my anointed'' by the God of Israel:
Cyrus the Great
The greatest mathematical achievement of the Babylonians was the principal of:
Place-value notation
The Hittite Empire even rivaled mighty:
Egypt
The name Assyria became synonymous with:
Terror, cruelty, and oppression.
Who led the establishment of the Neo-Babylonian Empire?
Nabopolassar
What prophet rose to even greater power under the Persians than he had under the Chaldeans?
Daniel
The use of authority and power to uphold what is right, just, or lawful:
Justice
Who built the world's first great library?
Ashurbanipal
The son of Nabopolassar who controlled all of the Fertile Crescent including the Southern Kingdom of Judah:
Nebuchadnezzar
Established the world's first postal service:
Darius
The false, pagan religion the Persian kings practiced:
Zoroastrianism