Chapter 2 - The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

Chaldean king Nabopolassar

The ________, joined forces with the Medes to capture the Assyrian capital Nineveh in 612 B.

Ishtar Gate

The ________ opened onto the Triumphal Way, which led to the sacred precincts of Marduk, the chief Babylonian god.

Hebrew law

________ limited kings to eighteen wives and citizens to four.

Nebuchadnezzars reign

During ________, Babylonia was renowned for prosperity based on lush agricultural lands, lucrative trade routes, and industries, especially textiles and metals.

southern Spain

The Phoenicians established a number of colonies in the western Mediterranean, including settlements in ________, Sicily, and Sardinia.

seventh century

The Medes had begun to form a confederation of the various tribes, and around the beginning of the ________, they became unified under a monarchy.

Hebrew Bible

Although the ________, a male- edited work, reveals a society dominated by men, it also includes stories of women who played heroic roles in the early history of Israel.

Nabonidus

________ was the last king of the Chaldean dynasty

Euphrates River

Babylon** was surrounded by towering walls, 8 miles in length, encircled by a moat filled by the ________.

ancient Israel

In ________, polygamy was an accepted form of marriage, especially for kings and wealthier citizens.

real merchant class

There was no ________ in ancient Israel.

Mesopotamia

Although part of ________, Assyria, with its hills and adequate, if not ample, rainfall, had a different terrain and climate.

Persians

The ________ lived to the southeast of the Medes, who occupied the western Iranian plateau south of the Caspian Sea.

control of Syria

Under his rule, the Chaldeans defeated Egypt to gain ________ and Canaan, destroyed Jerusalem, carried the people of Judah into exile in Babylon, and in the process regained for Babylonia a position as the leading power in the ancient Near East.

Babylonia

The Chaldeans, a Semitic- speaking people, had gained ascendancy in ________ by the seventh century and came to form the chief resistance to Assyrian control of Mesopotamia.

The Hebrews

________ were Semitic-speaking people who had a tradition concerning their origins and history that was eventually written down as part of the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament.

The Phoenicians

________ had resided in Canaan for some time but now found themselves with new independence.

The Assyrian Empire

________ created by Tiglath-Pileser was unable to maintain its strength after his death.

Neo-Babylonian Empire

The ________ took over the rest of the empire.

The Chaldeans

________, a Semitic-speaking people, had gained ascendancy in Babylonia by the seventh century and came to form the chief resistance to Assyrian control of Mesopotamia.

Babylon

________ was surrounded by towering walls, 8 miles in length, encircled by a moat filled by the Euphrates River.