Assyrians and Persians

brutal warriors in reliefs on the walls of Ninevah

a peaceful group who lived in the middle of the Mediterranean

sea-faring people

people to the south of Egypt who were conquerors

chemical weapons

biological weapons

spreading rumors of their terror before they conquered

mostly naval attacks

Sargon the Great

Nebuchadnezzar

Cyrus

Sennacherib

a very heavy rain in the Indus valley

an encampment around a city in which a systematic attack takes place

a naval tactic in which the invaders hide their ships until the native ships attack

stone weaponry converted to warfare by the Assyrians

had a peace festival and invited their neighbors

collected a library of the works of those conquered, particularly called Ashurbanipal's Library

maintain a modern country and army that continues the empire

were defeated by Babylon

Medes and Chaldeans

Akkadians

Sumerians

The Kingdom of Israel

Medea, the Fifth

Ashurbanipal, Medo-

the Chaldeans, Neo-

Crescent Empire, Next-

the complete elimination of the old culture

the complete elimination of population

the intensity of terror used in administration of conquered people as slaves

the offer of tolerance and diplomacy with military presence to back it up

a fancy ziggurat

the Palace of Sennacherib

the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Babylonian Temple Motif

Xerxes

Menes-Chaldo

Cyrus

Darius