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.