1. The Assyrian Empire
Chapter 4
Section 2

2. Key Terms Assyrians Sennacherib Nineveh Ashurbanipal Medes Chaldeans
Nebuchadnezzar

3. A Mighty Military Machine
Assyria- 850 BC advanced military strength
State of the art weapons
Rise of Warrior People
Northern Mesopotamia
Warlike behavior
Tigris to Egypt ruled
Sennacherib destroyed 82 cities, 820 villages burned Babylon

4. Military Organization and Conquest
Used iron
Armor
Spears
swords
Siege of cities
Pontoons for bridges
Undermine walls
Marched shoulder to shoulder

5. Military Organization and Conquest
Archers
Battering rams
Killed captives
Enslaved people
Forced exile

6. The Empire Expands Assyrian 650 BC peak
All old centers of civilization
Brought taxes and tributes
Had local governors
Refusal too pay meant destruction

7. Assyrian Culture Nineveh- largest city of its day
Sculptures of lion hunts and military campaigns
King Ashurbanipal collected 20,000 clay tablets
Library had modern features
Cataloging

8. The Empire Crumbles 612 BC Chaldeans and Medes level Nineveh
Rebirth of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar restored Babylon
Hanging Gardens
Seven tiered Ziggurat
Sun, moon, earth and five planets in our solar system