The Assyrian Empire

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Across
  1. 2. beautiful capital city of Assyria home to exotic gardens and zoos
  2. 3. used this very well to conquer the entire fertile crescent
  3. 6. a group from central Mesopotamia (near Babylon) sacked Nineveh in 612 BC
  4. 7. very effectively used this horse-drawn cart on the battle field
  5. 9. sent on horseback to deliver messages to faraway places
  6. 10. another word means to completely destroy the Assyrians did this to the farmlands of their enemies
  7. 12. paved patchwork of pathways stretched across the Assyrian Empire
  8. 14. smaller areas governed by local leaders due to extent of vast empire
Down
  1. 1. first capital of Assyria
  2. 4. a series of these were consecutive (back to back) ushered in their end
  3. 5. demanded much of this from their conquered peoples
  4. 8. the Assyrians engraved images of this on their palace walls
  5. 11. the Assyrians were well known for using this in part to scare their foes
  6. 13. building that housed ancient tablets of knowledge