The First Empires

a group of traveling merchants

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

where the first library holding 25,000 tablets was built

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

a political district

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon and the Hanging Gardens

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

one who studies the stars and planets

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 BCE?

• the Hittites

• the Persians

• the Chaldeans

• the Assyrians

In 612 BCE, the Chaldeans defeated whom?

• Akkad

• Assyria

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade rout between the Mediterranean sea and the

• Red Sea

• Euphrates River

• Tigris River

• Persian Gulf

Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• Hanging Gardens

• king's palace

• wall around the city

• irrigation system

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?

• how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams

• how to fight while riding horses

• how to use stronger metals such as iron weaponry

• how to make chariots