Thursday, September 19, 2013

Assyrian Questions
1) The Assyrians had to be warriors because were they lived:Assyria was always being attacked by other forcing them to defend themselves.
2) The foot solders were ussualy dressed in light armor consisting of a helmet, shields, spears, and daggers.
3) the Assyrian army would usually burn down the houses in the kingdoms they overthrew. they would also enslave the citazen's the survived and would heavily tax them. the people they capture would lastly fight for their army.
4) Ashurbinaple was one of the first Assyrian kings to make the library which held over 25,000 stone tablets.
5) The empire was too big to govern so it crumbled fast.

Chaldeans questions

1)The Chaldeans wer known as warriors and traders.
2)Nebuchadnezzar built the hanging gardens and a beautiful street that led to the palace.
3) the middle held the kingdom, outside that was the houses and market places, far past that were the farms.
4) Some scientific discoveries that were passed on were the seven day week and sun dial.

the Persians
1) The modern persians are people from Iran.
2) Cyrus made large armies that conquered other cities.
3)  The persians only ruled people nicely. The Assyrians were brutal and forced people into there society. The Persians also invented more things than the Assyrians.
4)Darius was a strong persian king and wanted to be remembered for his military achievements by having a monument.
5) The Lydians invented coins, but the Persians spread them across the world by trade and spreading word about their new use.
6)  Zoroaster had to decide which god the people would support and decide the rights and wrongs a person preformed. he also made two gods.
7) the Persians did not like the idea of trade, they thought it led to cheating lying and being greedy. instead they wanted to be warriors


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