December 15 2011 Time Line Sargon 2350 2150 BC Hammurabi Babylonian Empire 2000 1750 BC Future 2011 Assyrians Present time Assyrian Empire A Mighty military MACHINE A Powerful Army ID: 526698
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Assyria rules the fertile crescent
December 15, 2011Slide2
Time Line
Sargon
2350 – 2150 B.C.
Hammurabi (Babylonian Empire)
2000 – 1750 B.C
Future 2011….
Assyrians
Present timeSlide3
Assyrian EmpireSlide4
A Mighty military MACHINE A Powerful ArmyA
ssyrians used inventions in war.Assyrians were mean, nasty people.
They had iron weapons and only a few of their enemies had weapons made of iron.They tried all of the possible ways to get inside the city walls of their enemy.Harsh Treatment of Captured People:Assyrians killed or captured many people.
They also killed enemy leaders, burned cities and exiled people to far away places.Slide5
Assyria builds a huge empireA Huge EmpireAssyria ruled the conquered lands by appointing a native governor who would then be expected to obey under the Assyrian Emperor’s direction.The Assyrian army provided protection to the lands they ruled but the governor had to pay for that protection with tributes.
If the local governor didn’t pay, than the Assyrian army would destroy the cities and villages and exile the people that lived there.
Assyria CrumblesIn 609 B.C., the Assyrian empire fell because the Medes and Chaldeans joined together and defeated them.
The Medes and Chaldeans completely destroyed
the
Assyrian capital of Nineveh.Slide6
A new Babylonian empireChaldeans take Assyrian LandsAfter the fall of the Assyria Empire, the Chaldean
Empire became famous in 605 - 562 B.C.
The Chaldean armies drove the Egyptians out of their lands and took control of the important trading cities.Their means ways caused revolts
by
the captive people.
Height of Wealth and Power
The Chaldean Emperor rebuilt the capital city of Babylon and created
the
colorful Ishtar Gate.
He also built a huge ziggurat that was 300 ft. tall.To please his wife, he built an artificial mountain with plants and
trees.The Empire FadesWeak emperors and internal
conflicts upset and
divided the Chaldeans.
This weakened state made it easy for other city-states to conquer the land that belonged to the Chaldeans.Slide7
questions1. Who was the first empire leader? Answer: Sargon
2. What kind of material made the Assyrian weapons special? Answer: Iron
3. What enemies joined together to conquer Assyria? Answer: Medes and Chaldean4. What empire rose to power directly after the fall of the Assyrian Empire? Answer: The Chaldean Empire5. What are two things that the Chaldean Emperor had built? Answer: The Ishtar Gate, the 300 ft. tall ziggurat, the artificial mountain with plants and trees.
6. What caused the Chaldean Empire to lose power and fade?
Answer: Weak emperors and internal conflict.Slide8
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