Iron Age Empires Overview

Match the following

• The northern kingdom ruled by Jeroboam

• Kingdom of Judah

• Carved the borders of Israel by defeating the Philistines

• King Solomon

• Built the Temple to house the Ark of the Covenant

• King Saul

• The southern kingdom ruled by Rehoboam

• Kingdom of Israel

• United the Tribes of Israel under his rule

• King David

The Assyrian soldiers were considered to be some of the most dangerous in the world because of their (a)   .

• Their vast numbers
• Their use of horse drawn chariots
• Their ability at archery
• Their use of iron in their conquest

Assyrians prevented future uprisings in their empire by...

• relocating conquered peoples from their lands to other parts of the empire

• respecting the independence of its members

• showing religious tolerance

• savagely butchering all the citizens of rebellious cities

The Persian leader Cyrus conquered the city of Babylon by _____

• convincing its people to rebel

• tearing down its walls with advanced siege equipment

• redirecting the Euphrates river that fed the city

• intimidating its people into surrender

Babylon succeeded in overthrowing Assyria because _____

• Babylon was the most sacred city in the empire

• Assyrian cruelty turned much of their empire against them

• the Assyrians ignored Babylon until it was too late

• the Babylonians had a stronger military

The Babylonians built ziggurats and planned their cities in a similar way as the Sumerians.

• True

• False

Match the following

• Finished destroying Northern Israel and their 10 tribes were lost forever

• Tiglath-Pileser III

• The people group that Sargon II smashed, after destroying Israel

• Dur Sharrukin

• The new capital that Sargon II built, near the city of Nineveh

• Sargon II

• He died while besieging the Israelite capital of Samaria

• Shalmanaser

• Created the world's first proper standing army

• Elamites

Egypt was the only country that remained loyal to Assyria when Assyria was finally attacked and destroyed in 612 BCE.

• True

• False

Throughout ​ (a)   reign, ​ (b)   was always the first to rebel--the first to take advantage of every weakness. Now with the ​ (c)   out of the picture, ​ (d)   attempted to reclaim its former glory.

• Assyrian
• Babylon
• Assyrians
• Persian
• Roman
• Greeks
• Israelites

Nebuchadnezzar II drove out the inhabitants of Judah and began what the Jews called the "Babylonian Captivity".

• True

• False