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Invading Civilizations
After the Sumerians, many cultures ruled parts of the
Fertile Crescent
0 Invasions of Mesopotamia changed the region’s
culture
0 Armies battled for control of fertile land
0 Different peoples ruled Mesopotamia
0 Hittites circa 1600 BCE – 1595 BCE
0 Kassites circa 1595 BCE – 1365 BCE
0 Assyrians circa 1365 BCE – 625 BCE
0 Chaldeans circa 625 BCE – 539 BCE
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0 Hittites
0 The first to
master
ironworking,
so had the
strongest
weapons
0 They used the
chariot, a
wheeled,
horse –drawn
cart, which
allowed them
to move
quickly
around the
battlefield
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0 Kassites
0 After Hittites’ king was assassinated the Kassites took over and
ruled for almost 400 years
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0 Assyrians
0 Used chariots and iron
weapons developed by
previous civilizations
0 Strong army
0 Battering Ram
0 Spread terror before
battles by looting
villages and burning
crops
0 Assyrian kings ruled
their empire through
local leaders who each
governed a small area
0 The local leaders
demanded heavy taxes
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0 Chaldeans
0 Attacked the Assyrians when they were weak and destroyed their empire
0 Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city that had famous
hanging gardens
0 Admired the Sumerian culture, studied their language, and built temples
to Sumerian gods
0 Babylon became a center for astronomy
Hanging Gardens of Babylon