Middle Eastern Empires

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  1. 3. Babylon was said to have beautiful hanging _______.
  2. 5. Capital of Assyria.
  3. 9. Zoraster was a ______ who brought new ideas of good vs evil.
  4. 10. The Assyrians built _______ to connect all provinces.
  5. 13. Each province of Persia was ruled by a _________.
  6. 16. Soldiers who rode on horseback.
  7. 17. King Darius of Persia separated the empire into twenty smaller _______.
  8. 18. The Assyrians used ______ weapons.
  9. 19. This empire fell when conquered people captured the city of Ninevah.
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  1. 1. King Darius sent out _______ agents to make sure governors followed the rules.
  2. 2. Capital of the Chaldeans.
  3. 4. The Chaldeans created the ______ day week.
  4. 6. Chaldean priests were ________.
  5. 7. The Persians were ____ to people they conquered.
  6. 8. This group would burn villages and kill people when they defeated them.
  7. 9. The _______ captured Babylon after King Nebuchadnezzar died.
  8. 11. The Persians were never _____ because they thought it would make them liars and cheaters.
  9. 12. The Chaldean priests named all the consellations that are now the _______.
  10. 14. King Nebuchadnezzar captured the Egyptians and Jews and made them ________.
  11. 15. The Assyrians were a _______ tribe.