Assyrian: military power and well-organized government helped it build a vast empire in Mesopotamia by 650BCE
Astronomers: people who study the sky
Babylon: What city became the world's largest and richest under King Nebuchadnezzar?
calendar: The Chaldean Empire built important landmarks in Babylon and developed the first with a 7-day week.
Caravans: This word means, group of traveling merchants.
Chaldean's: In 612 BCE, Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, was captured by the , and the Assyrian Empire crumbled.
cruelAssyria's: Treatment of its people led many to rebel.
Hanging Gardens: What was built for Nebuchadnezzar's wife in Babylon?
Hittites: Who did the Assyrians learn how to make Iron weapons.
Iron: This metal was used by the Assyrian Army making them stronger than their neighbors
libraries: One of the world's first were in Assyria with 25,000 tablets, written in Cuneiform.
Nebuchadnezzar: Led by King , the Chaldeans controlled all of Mesopotamia from 605 bce to 562 bce.
Nineveh:This is the capital of Assyria
Persian:In 539 bce Babylon was captured; Mesopotamia became apart of the new Empire.
Provinces: Assyrian King divided the empire into to help mange the empire.
Roads: Assyrian Kings built to join all parts of the large empire.
Essential Question
EQ: Why were the Assyrians so strong? The Assyrians were so strong because they were cruel,they would conquer empires and kill the leaders, and exile, enslave and slaughter the citizens. They also had their war machine. They fought with chariots, on foot, horseback, and had good iron weapons. They were hated and feared.