Assyrian
- 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.
- Road: sAssyrian 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.
What is their religion?
Assyrians are Christians. They belong to three main Assyrian churches: 1) The Assyrian Church of the East ("Nestorian"), established in 33 A.D. by Theodos, Thomas, and Bartholomew; 2) the Syriac Orthodox Church ("Jacobite"), established in 450 A.D.; 3) the Chaldean Church of Babylon (Roman Catholic), established in 1552 A.D.
I learn that iron is better than Bronze. Iron is stronger Bronze and it help Empire in war.