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Mesopotamia
Later Empires
1. By 1000 B.C. the Babylonian
Empire was losing the power and
another empire to the north
started its rise in Mesopotamia.
2. This new
empire was
called the
Assyrian Empire,
named in honor
of its chief god,
Assur.
3. The people of Assur learned
warfare, or skill in war, from
the Hittites.
4. They
learned to
make iron
weapons and
use chariots
from the
Hittites.
5. Assyrian
innovations included
lances and battering
rams.
6. Assyrian kings
worked to unite the
peoples of their huge
empire by improving
transportation and
communication.
7. They built
a system of
paved roads,
which
enabled
them to
develop the
first postal
system.
8. A decree is an official order
or a decision made by a ruler.
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9. Other Assyrian
achievements included locks
that opened with a key,
plumbing and flush toilets, as
well as running water.
10. King Sennacherib assembled
one of the first libraries.
11. One important
Assyrian innovation
was the
organization of
government.
12. A territory is a large division of
a country, which is governed by a
local leader.
13. The
Assyrian
capital
was
located
at
Nineveh.
14. A relief is a wall
carving that stands
out from the
surface of the
building.
15. A scribe was a person who wrote
things for others. Most people in the
ancient world could neither read nor
write, although Nineveh was home to an
enormous library.
16. In 612
B.C. the
Medes
attacked
Nineveh
and killed
the king of
Assyria.
17. Free of the
Assyrians,
Babylon again
became the
center of
civilization in
Mesopotamia. It
was called the
New Babylonian
Empire.
18. Nebuchadnezzar is
remembered for his
great building projects,
including a palace,
several temples, and a
ziggurat known as the
Tower of Babel.
Tower of Babel
19. He is also thought to have built one of
the Wonders of the Ancient World, the
Hanging Gardens of Babylon.