Babylonia and Assyria cloned 1/6/2021

By MARY BROCKMYRE-MARTIN
Last updated about 4 years ago
27 Questions
Note from the author:
Review of Babylonian and Assyrian Empires
Use the information from the atlas below to answer the following questions about Babylon and Assyria.

Empire known for fierce army

Built monuments to show wealth

Came from Babylon

Came from Ashur

Built an empire in the Fertile Cresent

Center of learning

Answer the following question using the map above

Babylonia was larger than Assyria in 1800 B.C.

Copper and tin were used to make weapons

By 1750 BC Assyria had conquered most of Babylonia.

Hammurabi was responsible for conquering most of Assyria

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

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

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

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

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

In 671 BC they conquered ________________________.

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

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.

Babylonians failed to conquer Egypt

Babylonians conquer Nineveh

Babylonians conquer Jerusalem

Persians attack Babylon.

Babylonians conquer Carchemish

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

Into how many months did the Babylonians divide the year?

Into how many hours did they divide the day?

Into how many minutes did they divide the hour?

Is that the same way we divide time today?