The Rise of the Empires in the Middle East

King Hammurabi

• transformed an unstable group of city-states into a stable empire

• Ruler of Babylon

• wrote a set of strict laws such as "an eye for an eye"

• all of the above

Courier System

• a system used to clean weapons after battle

• a communication system to carry messages throughout the Persian empire

• a newspaper

• none of the above

Infrastructure

• a structure using infra-red lights

• the name of the capital city of Persia

• The organization of roads, buildings and waterways that help to make a society operate.

• a type of building used by the kings during war time

Calvarymen

• the men that went before the king on the Royal Road

• A military unit consisting of warriors on the backs of horses that the Assyrians and later the Persians used as a way to defeat their enemies.

• A group originating in the southern part of Mesopotamia that successfully gained control of the whole region many times.

• men who planted crops

Satraps

• Governor, or ruler over a satrap in the Persian empire. Was responsible for collecting taxes, providing justice, and recruiting soldiers. Answered to the Persian King.

• traps for catching wild animals

• a special saddle used by the king

• a battleground where wars were fought

Nebuchadnezzar

• name given to governors of Assyria

• one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

• Ruler of the Persian Empire from 559 - 530 BCE. Gained the respect of his conquered people by allowing them to keep their way of life.

• Established the Neo-Babylonian empire in 605 BCE. He rebuilt the city of Babylon, making it one of the greatest cities in the ancient world. Is known for his Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.

Cyrus

• Ruler of the Persian Empire from 521 - 486 BCE. Created the world’s largest empire at the time and strengthened the government.

• Ruler of the Persian Empire from 559 - 530 BCE. Gained the respect of his conquered people by allowing them to keep their way of life.

• Ruler of Babylon

• none of the above

Hanging Gardens

• One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, built in the city of Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar for his Persian wife who missed the mountains and gardens of her home land.

• a place where the slaves worked to grow crops along the riverbanks

• The place the Assyrians put their captives to death by hanging

• A garden full of hanging baskets of flowers

Ashurbanipal

• One of the last Assyrian kings that saw himself as a guardian of Babylonian culture. Built one of the world’s first libraries in Nineveh.

• famous for creating the hanging gardens

• both a and b

• none of the above

Siege Warfare

• the name of the war between the Assyrians and Babylonians

• A military strategy used to take control of a city. The Assyrians used battering rams and siege towers to hammer at a city’s walls, making them collapse

• underwater wars

• wars that occurred before 1750 BCE