1.3 Assyrians and Chaldeans

A group of traveling merchants

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

the Assyrian Empire's capital city

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• province

a political district

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• caravan

Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens in Babylon

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• province

one who studies the stars and planets

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• province

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make its army strong?

• how to ride horses

• how to make iron stronger

• how to use bows and arrows

• how to make chariots

The ___________ in Babylon are known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

• Hanging Gardens

• king's palace

• wall around the city

• irrigation system

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade route between the Mediterranean Sea and the _______.

• Red Sea

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Persian Gulf

The Chaldeans contributed the _______ to our modern-day calendar.

• weekend

• 12 month year

• major holidays

• 7 day week

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 BCE from the Chaldeans?

• the Hittites

• the Persians

• the Assyrians

• the Sumerians