Assyria
Assyria 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.
Persain-In 539 bce Babylon was captured; Mesopotamia became apart of the new Empire.
Essential Question
Describe (Assyrians & Chaldeans!)
What I have learned
I have learned that the assyrians live a lot like the mesopotamians did. There writing was based on babylonian writing, and they worshiped many of the same gods. Their laws were kind of similar, but law-breakers often forced more brutal and cruel punishments in Assyria.