07 Chapter 5 Crossword

2. Important people in Asia Minor conquered by Cyrus.
4. SYSTEM Network enabled by the Royal Road for rapid communication.
7. Chaldean king who conquered Judah and built up Babylon’s glory.
9. Animals used by Cyrus in battle to frighten enemy horses.
10. Nebuchadnezzar’s vision that revealed the course of world history.
12. Method used by Assyrians to crush nationalism by moving conquered peoples.
13. People from southern Mesopotamia who later defeated Assyria.
16. Command of Cyrus allowing Jews to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.
17. Prophet who foretold the fall of Nineveh.
19. Leader whose Greeks conquered Persia in 330 BC.
21. III Leader under whom the Assyrians first drove to build a world empire.
25. The quality Assyrian kings often bragged about in their carvings and inscriptions.
26. Jewish captive who became chief advisor to Nebuchadnezzar.
27. People east of Mesopotamia who rose to power under Cyrus.
29. Theme carried through Daniel and the rise of later empires preparing for Christ.
30. CRESCENT Region largely controlled by Assyria by the late 600s BC.
31. DIVERSION Strategy Cyrus used to enter Babylon unexpectedly.
32. Prophet who warned Nineveh of God’s coming judgment.
33. First capital city of Assyria, built by Shem’s son Asshur.
34. ROAD A 1,600-mile route from Susa to Sardis that improved communication and trade.
35. Capital city of the Chaldean Empire.

1. OF JUDGMENT Role the Assyrians and Chaldeans played in God’s plan.
3. Policy of Cyrus allowing conquered people to keep their local loyalties.
5. One of the peoples who invaded Babylon and ended the Chaldean Empire.
6. Assyrian king whose army was destroyed by an angel of the Lord outside Jerusalem.
8. ON THE WALL Message from heaven interpreted by Daniel predicting Babylon’s doom.
9. Founder of the Persian Empire; united the Persians and defeated the Medes.
11. The period in which the Jews lived in Babylon but prospered.
14. V Assyrian king who deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.
15. GARDENS Terraced structure built for Nebuchadnezzar’s wife; a wonder of the ancient world.
18. Persian king who standardized taxes and built the Royal Road.
20. Last great Assyrian king; collected a library of 100,000 clay tablets.
22. Babylonian god Cyrus claimed had chosen him as king of Babylon.
23. City built by Nimrod; later became the capital of Assyria.
24. Founder of the Chaldean Empire; conquered Mesopotamia.
28. Co-ruler of Babylon who held a great banquet the night the empire fell.