Military Empires of the Ancient Near East

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  1. 2. the Hittites warred with _____ for control of Canaan, weakening it in the face of the Sea Peoples
  2. 5. these people were located in what is today northern Iraq in Mesopotamia
  3. 9. this empire was known to be fairly tolerant of its conquered people's culture and religion
  4. 11. the Assyrians built ____ to help them control their empire
  5. 14. one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World in Babylon
  6. 15. the Hittites were the first to use this metal...but only for decorative purposes
  7. 18. the 'dualistic' religion of Persia
  8. 19. capital city of the Assyrian Empire
  9. 20. though war was brutal in the ancient world, the Assyrians used ____ to help subdue their enemies
  10. 22. eastern people who conquer the Babylonians
Down
  1. 1. also known as the Chaldeans
  2. 3. modern name for the old land of Persia
  3. 4. this ancient building in Nineveh allowed historians to translate cuneiform
  4. 6. also known as the Neo-Babylonians
  5. 7. king of Babylon who conquered the Hebrews in 586 BC and destroyed Jerusalem
  6. 8. the great city of the Persian kings
  7. 10. Iron gave its name to the period following 1200 BC due to its adoption for weaponry
  8. 12. the attacks of the ____ _____ weakened Egypt and helped collapse the Hittites
  9. 13. king ____ of Persia unified the Medes and Persians into one Empire
  10. 16. the Persian kings build the ____ ____ to administer its empire
  11. 17. located in Asia Minor (now Turkey)
  12. 21. capital city of the Neo-Babylonian Empire