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The Assyrians
Chapter 3-1
Assyrian Empire
• Empire: A large area of land ruled by oneperson
• Dominate : To Control• 900-700 BCE: Assyrian Empire dominated
cities and trade routes throughMesopotamia or Fertile Crescent.
• Fierce Warriors hated and feared byenemies.
Why did People Fear theAssyrians?
• Iron weapons-technology learned from theHittites-hard and stronger than bronze
• Smelting Process– Artisans : A person who works with his or her
hands to create something– 1) Artisan heat iron until it is red hot– 2) Hammer iron– 3) Quickly cool iron– 4) Shape it into weapons
Iron/Bronze/Copper Weapons
Why did People Fear Assyrians?
• Army divided into groups– Chariots: A two-wheeled horse drawn carriage– Cavalry: Soldiers on horseback– Archers: a soldier who fights with bows and
arrows.
How did the Assyrian Army Attack?
• They marched forward shoulder toshoulder; then archers would shower theenemy with iron-tipped arrows.
• Next, cavalry and charioteers attackedwith iron helmets, breast plates, spearsand swords which made them retreat.
• Battered down gates with tree trunks ortunneled under walls.
Assyrian Soldiers
What did the Assyrians do whenthey won?
• Burned them alive• Beheadings• Slaves• Move far away• Stole everything• Burned city to the
ground
Where was the Assyrian Capital?
• Nineveh on the Tigris River was KingAssurbanipal’s capital
• Capital: The city from which a ruler, oremperor, rules
• Tribute: A payment given to a strongerruler or nation
Map of Assyrian Empire
How did King A. Help Historians?
• Set up library & saved ancient writingsfrom Sumer and Akkad.
• In 1852 AD, archeologists found 22,000clay tablets.– Contained dictionaries– Important events– Songs and stories of the past– Historians’ dream find
How did the King Govern theEmpire?
• Assyrian Empire was the Fertile Crescentand Egypt.
• Govern : to rule• Province: an area of land that is part of a
larger country• King chose a governor for each province
who collected taxes and established king’slaws.
How did the King Govern theEmpire?
• Assyrians built roads that were level forcharioteers.
• Merchants and soldiers moved quicklythrough the empire
Why did the Assyrian Empire Fall?
• Too large to govern well.• Conquered people rebelled (disobeyed or
fought against).• Alliance : an agreement to help one
another• Chaldeans from Babylon & Medes from
Persia created alliance to defeat theAssyrians