| Term | Definition |
|---|
| North | the assyrians were so militeristic becuase of their position in the _________ |
| Asia minor | @ the height of its power, assyria's empire did not include the _____ ______ |
| military orgonization | assyrian military success was due to thier ________ _________ |
| secret police | the assyrians ruled a large empire efficiently by the assyrian king directly governing all the parts through agents and _____ _____ |
| babylon, media | these two forces overthrew the assyrian government in 612 B.C. |
| first hand account | what is a primary source? |
| paleolithic | nomadic, crude tools from rock, gatherd &hunted, old. peoples were these? |
| Mesopotamia | between the tigris and euphrates river, no life for miles, desserted and barren |
| assimilation | merging of cultural traits from previously distinctive culture groups |
| northern | assyria is located in ________ mesopotamia |
| Tigris, euphrates | the two rivers that run through assyria. __________ _________ |
| Tarsus | to the north and west of assyria lie the ________ mountains |
| zagros | to the east of assyria lie the __________ mountains |
| babylonia | the geography of assyria is the opposite of the region of _________ |
| rich, fertile | the land of assyria is ____ and ____ |
| arabs | the assyrians are not a_____ |
| asshur | the chief god of ancient assyria was ________ |
| chirstian | beginning in the 1st century AD most assyrians became ______ |
| china | this second empire extended how far to the east? |
| Greek | the assyrians translated the _________ body of knowledge into assyrian |
| christian | this author claims that assyrian _________ civilization became the basis for later arab (muslim) civilization |
| tamerlane | greatly weakened by the arab conquest and islamic government, the assyrian church suffered a crippling low in 1300 A.D. at the hand of the mongol invader ________ |
| sumer, ur | 5th layer of civilization c. 2,000- 3500 B.C. |
| babylon, hammurabi | 4th layer of civilization c. 1750 |
| assyria, smnacherib | 3rd layer of civilization c. 600- 1500 B.C |
| babylon, Nebuchadnezzar | 2nd layer of civilization c. 600 BC |
| Greece, rome | 1st layer of civilization |
| military | the assyrians had a great _________ whiched really helped with political power |
| rivers | this affected political development |
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