The Assyrians

When was Assyria the most powerful?

• the 7th century BCE

• last week

• One Ka jillion years ago

• 300 years after the Roman Empire was formed

The Assyrian Empire covered what area?

• The Assyrian Empire covered an area form Egypt to Turkey to Iran

• The Assyrian Empire covered ancient Rome.

• The Assyrian Empire covered the entire contintent of Asia.

In the Assyrian Empire

• politics and religion were closely linked.

• politics and religion were kept separate.

True or False:  The Assyrians were military innovators and merciless conquerers.

• True

• False

Once the Assyrians conquered an area, they would:

• Move and divide the conquered people to other areas where they would be most useful

• Build roads to connect the conquererd areas

• Both answers are correct

What did Assyrian rulers have carved into the walls of their palaces?

• Stories of their victories in conquest

• Records of taxes

• The history of Assyria

What ancient city did the Assyrians envy and protect?

• Ur

• Babylon

• Harappa

Who conquered the Assyrians between 612-609 BCE?

• The Romans

• The Babylonians

• The Egyptians

• The Greeks

Despite the fall of the Assyrian Empire, their innovation, administration, and infrastructure....

• set the standard for all empires that followed in the region.

• was avoided by all the empires that followed in the region.