Chapter 4 History

A group of people captured and taken to Babylon by the Chaldeans

• Medes

• Hebrews

• Assyria

• Chaldeans

Forced removal of people from their homeland

• Tribute

• Death

• Toleration

• Exile

Assyria reached the peak of its power under this king

• Ashurbanipal

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Amorite

Artificial mountain that became one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

• Great Pyramid of Giza

• Colossus of Rhodes

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Temple of Artemis

Ruler who conquered the Chaldean Empire after a series of weak rulers

• Sargon of Akkad

• Ur-Nammu

• Ashur-Uballit II

• Cyrus of Persia

Empire that replaced the Babylonian Empire when it fell

• Nineveh

• Assyria

• Babylon

• Chaldeans

Capital city of Assyrian Empire

• Nimrud

• Uruk

• Nineveh

• Akkad

Two enemies of Assyria that brought about its ruin

• Medes & Chaldeans

• Medes & Persepolis

• Chaldeans & Nineveh

Leader of the Chaldean Empire at its height

• Sargon

• Ashurbanipal

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar II

Payment made by one land or people to the ruler of another in order to gain the protection of that ruler

• Tribute

• Gratitude

• Gift

• Respect