The Assyrians
Vocabulary
Assyrian - _________ military power and well-organized government helped it build a vast empire in Mesopotamia by 650BCE
Iron - This metal was used by the Assyrian Army making them stronger than their neighbors
Hittites - Who did the Assyrians learn how to make Iron weapons.
Nineveh - This is the capital of Assyria
Provinces - Assyrian King divided the empire into ___________ to help mange the empire
Roads - Assyrian Kings built ________ to join all parts of the large empire.
libraries - One of the world's first _______ were in Assyria with 25,000 tablets, written in Cuneiform.
cruel - Assyria's ______ treatment of its people led many to rebel.
Chaldean's - In 612 BCE, Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was captured by the ________, and the Assyrian Empire crumbled.
calendar - The Chaldean Empire built important landmarks in Babylon and developed the first _______ with a 7-day week.
Nebuchadnezzar - Led by King ___________, the Chaldeans controlled all of Mesopotamia from 605 BCE to 562 BCE.
Hanging Gardens - What was built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife in Babylon?
Babylon - What city became the world's largest and richest under King Nebuchadnezzar?
Caravans - This word means, group of traveling merchants.
Astronomers - people who study the sky
Persian - In 539 BCE Babylon was captured; Mesopotamia became apart of the new _____________ Empire.
Iron - This metal was used by the Assyrian Army making them stronger than their neighbors
Hittites - Who did the Assyrians learn how to make Iron weapons.
Nineveh - This is the capital of Assyria
Provinces - Assyrian King divided the empire into ___________ to help mange the empire
Roads - Assyrian Kings built ________ to join all parts of the large empire.
libraries - One of the world's first _______ were in Assyria with 25,000 tablets, written in Cuneiform.
cruel - Assyria's ______ treatment of its people led many to rebel.
Chaldean's - In 612 BCE, Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was captured by the ________, and the Assyrian Empire crumbled.
calendar - The Chaldean Empire built important landmarks in Babylon and developed the first _______ with a 7-day week.
Nebuchadnezzar - Led by King ___________, the Chaldeans controlled all of Mesopotamia from 605 BCE to 562 BCE.
Hanging Gardens - What was built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife in Babylon?
Babylon - What city became the world's largest and richest under King Nebuchadnezzar?
Caravans - This word means, group of traveling merchants.
Astronomers - people who study the sky
Persian - In 539 BCE Babylon was captured; Mesopotamia became apart of the new _____________ Empire.
E.Q.
Describe the Assyrians & Chaldeans
Assyrians and Chaldeans live like many other Mesopotamians. But they did have harsher punishments if they committed crimes. The Chaldeans controlled Mesopotamia from 605 - 562 BCE.The Assyrians had a strong army. They started to use iron weapons. The Assyrians were ferocious warriors. They had empires divided into provinces. The Assyrians had great skills. They had large temples. Assyria was a well organized Government. Assyrian kings were really strong, thats how they rule their large empire. They built several roads to connect all of the parts of the empire. Assyria had taxes and very enforced laws. The writing in Assyria was based on babylonian writing.They worshipped many of the same gods. Most Chaldeans were descendants of the babylonian people who made Hammurabi's empire 1200 years earlier.
Problem And Solution
Problem: that I see is that Assyria was cruel so people started to rebel against them.
Solution: would be kindness. People need to be nice and kind so that people will like them and they won't rebel away from you.
Solution: would be kindness. People need to be nice and kind so that people will like them and they won't rebel away from you.