Empires of Mesopotamia

4. Since the major trade route between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea passed through Babylon, overland merchants came to the city in these traveling groups
6. After King Nebuchadnezzar died, these people overthrew the Chaldean Empire
9. Because Nebuchadnezzar’s empire stretched as far as Egypt, it had to have a very efficient form of this.
10. These Chaldean scientists mapped the stars, the planets, and the phases of the moon .
14. King Ashurbanipal built one of the world's first libraries in his capital city.
15. The Assyrians learned from the Hittites how to make weapons from this metal--stronger than bronze.
17. Under the Assyrians, the region was poor; trade under the Babylonians made it _______.
18. They and the Chaldeans together defeated the Assyrian army, and in 612 B.C. burned Nineveh to the ground.
19. They defeated the Assyrians in around 650 B.C.

1. Empire in northern Mesopotamia ruled by Sargon
2. A group of many different lands under one ruler.
3. Chief city of the Babylonian empire--first ruled by KIng Hammurabi.
5. The number of empires we studied in this lesson: Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian.
7. Region in southern Mesopotamia conquered by Sargon
8. Third empire after Akkadian and Babylonian; had powerful army or foot soldiers, horse soldiers, charioteers, slingshots, bows and arrows, swords, and spears.
9. The Hanging _________ of Babylon were built by King Nebuchadnezzar for his wife, who missed the plants of her homeland.
11. Son of Nabopolassar created a new empire after the fall of the Assyrian Empire. The city of Babylon served as the capital of the New Babylonian Empire.
12. The Chaldeans invented the week of this many days.
13. Means forced payments from conquered people.
16. The Assyrians divided their empire into these regions, each ruled by officials or governors.