History-CH 5

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Across
  1. 2. Persian king who allowed the Jews to return to Judah
  2. 6. Last great Assyrian king, collected library of about 1000,000 cuneiform tablets
  3. 9. City built by Nimrod that became the Assyrian capital
  4. 10. Israelite captive who interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream as well as the writing on the wall
  5. 11. Prophet who prophesied the destruction of Nineveh
  6. 12. Assyrian king who deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom
  7. 13. Prophet who foretold that God would assist Cyrus in his conquests
  8. 15. Gardens built by Nebuchadnezzar for his wife
  9. 17. Persian king who made the Middle East into one big marketplace
Down
  1. 1. King who conquered the western part of the Fertile Crescent, destroyed Jerusalem, kept Judah in captivity, built hanging gardens, dream which foretold the course of world
  2. 3. The great “highway” built by Darius
  3. 4. Jewish prophet who warned Nineveh of God’s coming judgement
  4. 5. King who began the Assyrian drive to a world empire
  5. 7. King who conquered all of Mesopotamia and established the Chaldean Empire
  6. 8. Son of Nabondus who handled the actual government, killed by the Persians and Medes
  7. 14. Assyrian king God defeated because of his pride and deference
  8. 16. Last Chaldean king, preferred to travel around the empire leaving governing to his son