HI pgs 41-52

assyrian empire

this empire fell in 612 and 605 BC

tiglath-pileser I

created the assyrian empire

tiglath-pileser I

brutal conqueror whose policy of deliberate terror set a pattern for later assyrian rulers

ashur

ashurbanipal

after this rulers death the assyrian empire began to disintegrate

chaldeans/neo babylonian empire

semitic speaking people who came to form the chief resistance to assyrian control of mesopotamia and established a babylonian monarchy

Nebuchadnezzar II

achieved the final defeat of the assyrian empire

persian empire

defeated babylon in 539 BC

cyrus the great

became the leader of the persians and united them under his rule and esetablished persian rule over media

darius

strengthened the persian empire and conquered part of europe

darius

created the largest empire the world had yet seen

zoroastrianism

the persians religion and the most original cultural contribution