IZZ 1-3

a group of traveling merchants

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

the Assyrian Empire’s capital city

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

political district

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

Chaldean king

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

one who studies the stars and planets

• province
• astronomer
• Nineveh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• caravan

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?

• how to use bows and arrows
• how to ride horses
• how to make iron stronger
• how to make chariots

The __________ in Babylon are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• Hanging Gardens
• 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
• Euphrates River
• Tigris River
• Persian Gulf

The Chaldeans contributed the to our modern-day calendar.

• major holidays
• seven-day week
• twelve-month year
• weekend

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.?

• the Hittites
• the Persians
• the Chaldeans
• the Assyrians