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Review. AAAEELKH EHELKAAA. Egypt Hyksos Egypt (broken into parts) Libya Kush (Piankhi) Assyrians Aksum takes over Meroi where the Kush went to Assyrians. Time Line (Do Not Write). 2080-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom 2000 – 1000 B.C. Egypt dominated Kush

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  1. Review AAAEELKH EHELKAAA Egypt Hyksos Egypt (broken into parts) Libya Kush (Piankhi) Assyrians Aksum takes over Meroi where the Kush went to Assyrians

  2. Time Line (Do Not Write) 2080-1640 B.C. Middle Kingdom 2000 – 1000 B.C. Egypt dominated Kush 2000 B.C. Nubian kingdom Kerma 1900 B.C. Hittites in Asia Minor 1800 B.C. Abraham to Canaan 1650 B.C. Descendants of Abraham moved to Egypt 1640 – 1570 B.C. Hyksos ruled Egypt 1600 B.C. Egypt’s power restored 1570 – 1075 B.C. New Kingdom 1570 – 1365 B.C. 18th Dynasty 1500 – 1200 B.C. Hebrews Exodus 1472 B.C. Hatshepsut declared pharaoh 1458 B.C. Thutmose III becomes pharaoh 1425 B.C. Thutmose III dies 1400 B.C. Egyptians’ conquest Syria and Palestine 1290 – 1224 B.C. Ramses II reign 1285 B.C. Battle at Kadesh 1200 B.C. Egyptian decline 950 – 730 B.C. Libyan pharaohs ruled Egypt 751 B.C. Piankhi overthrew Libyan dynasty 751 – 671 B.C. Kushite dynasty 671 B.C. Assyrians conquer Egyp 250 BC – 150 A.D. Meroe prospers 350 A.D. Aksum defeats Meroe

  3. Section 2 The Assyrian Empire

  4. A Mighty Military Machine 850 B.C.

  5. The Rise of a Warrior People Arrived from Northern Mesopotamia Flat land that was constantly attacked caused them to become skilled militarily Assyrian King Sennacherib was ruthless in his pursuit of expansion.

  6. Military Organization and Conquest Military strength glorified Soldiers wore advanced clothing, advanced weaponry Advanced style of fighting. Discuss pontoons, city walls and they way they attacked. Relief pictures portrayed their attacks

  7. The Empire Expands 850 – 650 B.C. Syria, Palestine and Babylonia defeated

  8. Assyrian Rule 650 B.C. height of power Closest lands became provinces and dependent territories Lands brought taxes and tributes

  9. Assyrian Culture Great builders King Sennacherib built Nineveh Worlds largest library King Ashurbanipal collected over 20,000 clay tablets, including the Epic of Gilgamesh A view of Nineveh, Assyrian capital on the Tigris River

  10. Imperial Palace of Nineveh, capital of Assyria

  11. Interior of Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh The six-sided Sennacherib Cylinder This is a six-sided clay prism found at Nineveh. It is inscribed with an account of eight military campaigns of Sennacherib king of Assyria.

  12. The ziggurat at Nineveh in Assyria -- not the palace- the temple

  13. Nineveh today- its hard to imagine that this was once the capital of the ancient world

  14. The Empire Crumbles After Ashurbanipal's death Nineveh falls. Why? Too large of an area to cover Many enemies

  15. Decline and Fall 612 B.C. Medes and Chaldeans burned and leveled Nineveh

  16. 5. Their armies laid seige to Nineveh, pounding its gates and scaling its walls 1. The Destruction of Nineveh 4. They pursued the Assyrians who fled the battle field seeking the protection of the walls of Nineveh. King Nabopolassar led the charge. 2. King Nabopolassar of Babylon in 612 BC leads his troops out of the Ishtar Gate to join King Cyaxeres of Media in an attack against the Assyrians. 6. The Assyrians had impaled the bodies of several of the Babylonian and Median slain soldiers in front of their walls hoping to instill fear but it only caused them to fight harder. 3. King Nabopolassar was right in front of the Gates of Nineveh leading the assault.

  17. 1. They finally breached the city walls. 4. They sacked the city and left it in flames. Thus ended the Assyrian Empire. 3. A heavy war chariot pursues the fleeing Assyrians. 2. As they poured through the walls, one of the Babylonian generals led his calvary around the rear of the city and routed the fleeing Assyrians.

  18. Rebirth of Babylon Under the Chaldeans Babylon becomes capital Nebuchadnezzar restores city Hanging gardens Chariots could race on top of the wide walls 7-tiered ziggurat, 300 feet high Priests observed the stars from top of the tower, these became the basis for both astronomy and astrology

  19. Empire falls after Nebuchadnezzar's death. Persians come into power.

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