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Babylonia and Assyria cloned 1/6/2021

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Review of Babylonian and Assyrian Empires
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Use the information from the atlas below to answer the following questions about Babylon and Assyria.
Question 1
1.

Empire known for fierce army

Question 2
2.

Built monuments to show wealth

Question 3
3.

Came from Babylon

Question 4
4.

Came from Ashur

Question 5
5.

Built an empire in the Fertile Cresent

Question 6
6.

Center of learning

Answer the following question using the map above
Question 7
7.

Babylonia was larger than Assyria in 1800 B.C.

Question 8
8.

Copper and tin were used to make weapons

Question 9
9.

By 1750 BC Assyria had conquered most of Babylonia.

Question 10
10.

Hammurabi was responsible for conquering most of Assyria

Question 11
11.

Hammurabi's death had little effect on the Babylonian Empire.

Question 12
12.

Read the history question above, "Why do empires fail?" Why are empires hard to govern?

Question 13
13.

In 934 BC the ________________________ regained power and began expanding from their capital at ______________.

Question 14
14.

By 824 BC the Assyrian Empire reached the _________________ River to the south and west.

Question 15
15.

During the next 160 years, the Assyrians built the largest empire in the Fertile Crescent, conquering lands all the way to the _________________________Sea.

Question 16
16.

In 671 BC they conquered ________________________.

Question 17
17.

The Assyrians continued to move south until they reached and conquered the city of __________________ in 633 BC.

Question 18
18.

The Assyrians ruled many different groups of people until 612 BC, when they were conquered by the __________________ and ______________________.

Use the New Babylonian Empire above to show the following events in chronological order. Write a 1 next the event that happend first and continue until you write 5 for the event that happened last.
Question 19
19.

Babylonians failed to conquer Egypt

Question 20
20.

Babylonians conquer Nineveh

Question 21
21.

Babylonians conquer Jerusalem

Question 22
22.

Persians attack Babylon.

Question 23
23.

Babylonians conquer Carchemish

Use the Chart "Babylonian Contributions" above to answer the following questions.
Question 24
24.

Into how many months did the Babylonians divide the year?

Question 25
25.

Into how many hours did they divide the day?

Question 26
26.

Into how many minutes did they divide the hour?

Question 27
27.

Is that the same way we divide time today?