Mesopotamian Empires

a group of traveling merchants

• empire

• caravan

• astronomer

• tribute

the Assyrian Empire’s capital city

• province

• tribute

• empire

• Nineveh

a political district

• province

• empire

• caravan

• astronomer

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

• Gilamesh

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Babylon

one who studies the stars and planets

• astronomer

• tribute

• province

• military

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?

• how to use iron to make stronger weapons

• how to ride horses to fight

• how to make chariots

• how to make battering rams

Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• king's palace

• wall around the city

• irrigation system

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the

• Red Sea

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Persian Gulf

In 612 b.c. the Chaldeans defeated whom?

• Chaldeans

• Hittites

• Persians

• Assyrians

10. Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 b.c.?

• Persians

• Hittites

• Assyrians

• Chaldeans