Bell Ringer: What makes a military force powerful today? Homework: RSG pgs: 5-14, 27-30, DUE: Monday 9/20/10 Wednesday: Early Release Day! Test: Monday 9/20/10 Unit 1- Early Humans to Early Civilizations Study from your notes, Vocabulary, Bell ringers, Quiz and Student Learning Map

 Many Empires fought over Fertile Crescent  Flat plains exposed Assyria to invaders  Developed advanced military and weaponry Fierce warrior society War chariots, foot soldiers, cavalry Leather and metal armor

SOCIAL/POLITICALART/CULTURE  System of roads  Local governors report to central authority  Forced conquered people to pay taxes  Art: finely carved sculptures  King Sennacherib burned Babylon and built Nineveh (Assyria’s capital)  King Ashurbanipal built ancient library- 20,000 clay tablets-Epic of Gilgamesh

 Too many enemies, spread too thin  Medes and Chaldeans burned Nineveh  Many clay tablets in library survived  Chaldeans made Babylon their capital Nineveh under siege by the Babylonians and Medes.

 Restored city of Babylon  Hanging gardens  300 foot ziggurat  Astronomy and astrology

1) Two means by which Assyria acquired a large empire 2) Assyrian king who burned Babylon and ordered its residents killed 3) Assyrian system of government management 4) Capital city of Assyrian culture, the largest city of its day 5) Assyrian king who established one of the ancient world’s largest libraries 6) Assyrian practice that eventually contributed to the downfall of their empire 7) A combined army of these two groups destroyed Assyria’s capital city 8) Chaldean king who created terraced trees and shrubs for his wife’s enjoyment 9) Capital city of Chaldean empire 10) One of the seven wonders of the ancient world 11) Seven-tiered building in Babylon used by Chaldean priests and astronomers