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New Empires: Mesopotamia
New Empires: Mesopotamia
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Who took over the Assyrians?
Sargon
Chaldeans and Medes
Sumerians
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What did Assyrians believed in?
3 gods
1 god
many gods
3
Why were the Assyrians fighting each other?
Couldn't agree to 1 king and were against cruel punishments
They were blind and poor
They did not like to farm
4
What did the Chaldeans create?
farming
wheel
sundial and a 7 day week calendar
5
What kind of weapons did the Assyrians have?
daggers
spears
Daggers, spears, bow and arrows
bow and arrows
6
The Government had
soldiers protecting from invaders and bandits
a strong king
provinces and government officials
7
What was the Assyrian's writing system?
Babylonian writing system (cuneiform)
no writing system
Alphabet
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Why did the "New Babylonian Empire" fail?
weak leaders, bad crops, bad trade, and invaded by Assyrians
weak leaders, bad crops, bad trade, and invaded by Persians
weak leaders, bad crops, bad trade, and invaded by Chaldeans
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What did builders built?
Churches for the pope
Hospitals for children
Palaces and temples with wall carving and statues
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What did artisans make?
Baskets, jewelry, cloth, and pottery
Temples and palaces
mud bricks and clay
11
Who was the king of the Chaldeans?
Nebuchadnezzar and Nabopolassar
Sargon
Hammurabi
Hammurabi and Sargon
12
Where was the world's first library?
Nineveh
Babylon
Sumer
13
What were Assyrian's fighting techniques?
all of the above
set fire to buildings and brought new people and tax them
Loaded tree trunks on moveable platforms to knock down gates
climbed on ladders to trespass and carried people out
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About how many tablets were there in the library?
1 million
50,000
25,000
1,000
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What is a chariot?
a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle
a fruit
a two floor castle
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how did soldiers protect their city?
Hiding in the farms
Hiding by intervals on brick walls
Hiding in the Ziggurats
17
What are caravans?
travelling merchants
Travelling artisans
Travelling soldiers
18
Which building was the King's palace?
Hanging Gardens
Ziggurat
19
Who took over after Hammurabi?
Sargon
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Persians
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How did the Assyrians make their iron weapons stronger?
heating, hammering into shape, and immediately cooling it
hammering them into shape
by burning them
21
What made Assyrian's army strong?
Only a big army
Only chariot drivers
A big army, chariot and horseback drivers , and iron weapons
22
Where was the capital of the Assyrians?
Sumer
Nineveh
Babylon
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What is the capital of the New Babylon Empire?
Sumer
Babylon
Nineveh
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Assyria was by which river?
Nile River
Tigris River
Euphrates River
