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Assyrian Empire
The ________ had no mercy for the lands that they conquered.
Legacy
________ was a system of writing to record trade deals.
Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar
________ makes Babylon the capital city of the Chaldean Empire.
Controlled Anatolia
2000 B.C.E
Skillful in war
had superior iron weapons and chariot
Defeated Syria, Palestine, & Babylonia
850-650 BCE
Who controlled Anatolia in 2000 B.C.E.?
The Hittites.
When did the Hittites city-states unify to form an empire?
1650 B.C.E.
The Hittites wrote in?
Cuneiform.
The Hittites borrowed ideas from....
Mesopotamian culture.
The Hittites lived north of _________________ in modern day _____________.
Mesopotamia and turkey.
When did the Hittite empire fall?
Around 1190 B.C.E.
The Hittite empire fell in 1190 B.C.E. due to?
Attacks from northern tribes/sea people.
Powerful traders in wealthy city-states along the Mediterranean.
Phoenicians.
Skilled shipbuilders, seafarers; sailed past the Straits of Gibraltar
Phoenicians.
Skilled shipbuilders, seafarers; sailed past the ___________________________________.
Straits of Gibraltar.
What was the Phoenicians greatest colony?
Carthage.
What was legacy?
A system of writing to record trade deals. It was later developed into western alphabet.
Legacy was a system of writing to record trade deals. It was later developed into _______________________.
Western alphabet.
Phoenicians were famous for their _________ ______.
Red-purple dye.
Assyrians were known for their?
Combat skills.
What empire used military might to acquire territory across southwest Asia?
The Assyrians.
This empire was especially crucial and brutal to their captives.
The Assyrians.
When did the Assyrian Empire defeat Syria, Palestine, & Babylonia?
850-650 B.C.E.
The Assyrian Empire conquered these three civilizations in 850-650 B.C.E.
Syria, Palestine, & Babylonia.
Army of _____________ (people of Babylon ) revolted against the Assyrian Empire and destroyed Nineveh
Chaldeans.
Army of Chaldeans (people of Babylon ) revolted against the Assyrian Empire and destroyed ___________.
Nineveh.
Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar makes ____________ the capital city of the Chaldean Empire.
Babylon.
The Assyrians had a library of 20,000 of _________________.
Cuneiform tablets.
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