unit 1 lesson 4 babylonia israel and assyria jeopardy
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Babylonia, Israel, and Assyria
A written collection of laws
Code
What major discoveries did the Chaldeans make?
Astronomy followed movements of the planets, made maps of stars,
and learned to create an accurate calendar
The main reason that we have information about the early history
of Israel
The Israelites wrote it down in the Hebrew Bible
What did Assyrian’s use to help control their
empire and why was it so useful?
Roads- to help soldiers get around more easily and it would increase
the empire’s wealth by trading
The Assyrians had an advantage over other ancient nations due what advances?
-iron weapons- tunnels
- battering rams- horse-drawn chariots for battle- an expertise with the bow and
arrow
A special agreement
Covenant
The study of the stars and planets
Astronomy
Although Hammurabi’s code of laws was very harsh, what was one
positive aspect of it?
It protected the weak from the powerful
Since there were many cities within Hammaurabi’s empire, how did Hammurabi’s code affect the
people?
Daily Double
All of the cities in the empire had to live under the same laws.
Why did Moses have to lead the Israelites out of Egypt?
Egyptians had enslaved them
The belief in only one god
Monotheism
What was the most important document that came out of the covenant made between god
and Moses?
A set of laws- the Torah included the 10 commandments
How did the Jews spread their beliefs and ideas to others?
They copied the Hebrew Bible into Greek
Name at least one similarity and two differences between the early
nation of Israel and Babylonia
Israelites and Babylonians both had written codes of law. Both were created because of
conquering.
Israel- Israelites believed that god made a covenant, or agreement with Moses. They also
believed in monotheism which is the belief in one god.
Babylon- Babylonians had Hammurabi’s Code of Laws which was a written collection of 282 laws that were very harsh. They believed in
more than one god.
What did the Assyrians do when they conquered the northern
kingdom of Israel, which was later reverted by Cyrus the Great?
Scattered many Israelites across their empire.
Cyrus the Great allowed the Jews who had been prisoners in Babylon
to return to their homeland
What about Hammurabi made him so different from rulers before him?
He established a system of laws in his empire and he wrote down all of those laws so that everyone could
read them.
What was positive about the Code of Hammurabi?
It protected the weaker people form the more powerful people
and even the king had to abide by the
laws
How did the Hammurabi and his rules affect people, especially
criminals, in Babylon?
Criminal behavior decreased because people feared
Hammurabi’s consequences
If the Chaldeans were so successful in taking over
Mesopotamia, why was the empire struggling after a short while?
The Chaldeans built beautiful building projects that were very
expensive which caused people to starve because there was not
enough food.
Why did the Assyrian empire eventually fall if the Assyrian kings
were able to build such a strong and successful empire at the
beginning?
The people being ruled hated the Assyrian kings and rebelled.
How was the religion of the Israelites different from other
beliefs in Mesopotamia?
The Israelites were monothestists and believe in only one god.