Mesopotamian Review 4.2

A group of traveling merchants

• Province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nehuchadnezzar

• caravan

the Assyrian Empire's capital city

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

A political district

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon

• province

• astronomer

• Nineveh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

One who studies the stars and planets

• province

• astronomer

• NINEVEH

• Nebuchadnezzar

• caravan

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 for weaponry

• How to make chariots

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

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

• Red Sea

• Euphrates River

• Tigris River

• Persian Gulf

In 612 B.C., the Chaldeans defeated whom?

• Akkad

• Assyria

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.?

• Hitties

• Persians

• Chaldeans

• Assyrians